ALCS Game 4: Yankees at Tigers
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Oct 18, 2012 
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YANKEES (0-3)
Ichiro Suzuki LF
Nick Swisher RF
Robinson Cano 2B
Mark Teixeira 1B
Raul Ibanez DH
Eric Chavez 3B
Russell Martin C
Brett Gardner CF
Eduardo Nunez SS
LHP CC Sabathia (2-0, 1.53)
Sabathia vs. Tigers
TIGERS (3-0)
Austin Jackson CF
Omar Infante 2B
Miguel Cabrera 3B
Prince Fielder 1B
Delmon Young DH
Jhonny Peralta SS
Andy Dirks LF
Avisail Garcia RF
Gerald Laird C
RHP Max Scherzer (0-0, 0.00)
Scherzer vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 407 p.m., TBS
WEATHER: Beautiful. Traded a bad night for a perfect day. Very little wind.
UMPIRES: HP Jeff Nelson, 1B Gary Cederstrom, 2B Mike Winter, 3B Jeff Kellogg, LF Rob Drake, RF Sam Holbrook
THE BRIGHT SIDE: Yankees pitchers have compiled a 2.25 team ERA this postseason, their lowest mark since 1961 (1.60). The Yankees have won the World Series in each of the previous 13 postseasons they recorded a ERA under 2.50. They have held opponents to three runs or less in seven of eight games thus far, including five games of two runs or fewer.
TOP OF THE ORDER: The Yankees used three different leadoff hitters in the first three games of this series (Jeter, Ichiro and Gardner). According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it’s the first time the Yankees used a different leadoff hitter in three consecutive postseason games since the 2000 World Series Games 2-4: Chuck Knoblauch, Jose Vizcaino and Derek Jeter.
MUST WIN: CC Sabathia undefeated in his six road postseason starts as a Yankee, going 3-0 with a 4.19 ERA. He is undefeated over his last eight postseason starts, going 4-0 with a 3.97 ERA. He has allowed three earned runs or less in all but two of those outings.
UPDATE, 4:16 p.m.: Top of the order sent down in order. It’s a 1-2-3 top of the first and here’s CC to try to keep pace.
UPDATE, 4:22 p.m.: Good call at first, good hustle by Infante, and the Tigers have an infield single. A-Rod would have had the out, right? Think Cano would have beat that out?
UPDATE, 4:26 p.m.: Infield single comes back to haunt the Yankees as Infante scores after a pair of two-out singles and it’s now 1-0 Tigers in the first.
UPDATE, 4:55 p.m.: Gardner with the always popular head-first slide into first base.
UPDATE, 4:58 p.m.: Nunez reaches on an error and steals second base. With Ichiro at the plate, this might be the Yankees best shot at a run for a while.
UPDATE, 5:07 p.m.: Ichiro walks and Swisher goes down looking at an outside strike three.
UPDATE, 5:11 p.m.: No error on Teixeira, ruled a single for Fielder.
UPDATE, 5:15 p.m.: Sabathia doesn’t look particularly sharp, which is bad news for this slumping Yankees offense. Tigers have two on with one out in the third.
UPDATE, 5:17 p.m.: Peralta got the ball a lot better than it looked. Thought it was a shallow fly, nearly made it all the way to the warning track. Wind might be blowing up high.
UPDATE, 5:19 p.m.: Rough inning for Teixeira. That’s his first error and second bad play of the inning. Meanwhile, Sabathia’s pitch count is already up to 65.
UPDATE, 5:22 p.m.: Infield single by Garcia has pushed the lead to 2-0. Nunez made a pretty nifty play to give the Yankees a shot at the out, but the run scores and Teixeira’s error(s) loom large.
UPDATE, 5:34 p.m.: Scherzer has a no-hitter through four innings.
UPDATE, 5:40 p.m.: Two-run homer for Cabrera and the Tigers lead is up to 4-0. Yankees offense needs its highest-scoring game since the division series opener.
UPDATE, 5:45 p.m.: Good grief, the Tigers are really burying the Yankees now. Peralta’s two-run homer has pushed the lead to 6-0. The Tigers have 11 hits, the Yankees have none.
UPDATE, 5:48 p.m.: Eppley coming in to face Garcia with two outs in the fourth. Unreal. Sabathia is finished after just 11 ours and 93 pitches.
UPDATE, 5:52 p.m.: Eppley gets out of it, but the damage is clearly done. Six runs feels like two dozen the way this offense has been playing.
UPDATE, 5:55 p.m.: Sabathia line: 3.2 IP, 11 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 K. He threw 93 pitches, 59 strikes.
UPDATE, 6:18 p.m.: Nunez breaks up the no-hitter with a leadoff triple in the sixth.
UPDATE, 6:29 p.m.: Rodriguez coming up to pinch hit against Smyly.
UPDATE, 6:46 p.m.: Kick save by Joba to get the Yankees out of the sixth without another run coming around to score.
UPDATE, 7:06 p.m.: Insult to injury as former Yankees prospect Austin Jackson goes deep a half inning after Curtis Granderson struck out.
Go C!!!!! Go Yanks!!!
Everytime Arods name is mentioned ….take a drink.
First pitch from Ivan Rodriguez? lol
Let’s go, boys. You know what this is about, so just do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvEnIkz82A0
It’s time to climb that Mountain.
LET’S GO YANKEES!!
Kevin Long SUCKS. Lets go Yanks!
trisha – true pinstriped blue October 18th, 2012 at 4:02 pm
And I do think we can get this series back to the Bronx.
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They can, they have the right pitchers going in the next 2 games for them to do it. But will they?
I think they can even get to game 7 because sweeping with CC-Pettite-Kuroda is always a possibility. But its going to be so hard and now game 7 is even harder
If you are willing to eat 80% of A-Rod’s contract to make him go away, would you be willing to trade him to another AL East team? If you want him gone because you think he’s done, I would think you would want him facing you almost 20 times a year, no?
50% or less (preferrably a little $$ and bring back a bad contract like Bell)
Angels = Vernon Wells?
This A-Rod controversy could be good for the team. It takes some of the heat off of the guys like Swisher and Granderson who have been failing.
What I would give for a few early runs for the Yankees.
Play ball.
If I don’t see “sucks”, “pathetic” and similar terms here tonight, I would be very happy. Go, Yankees!.
trisha – true pinstriped blue October 18th, 2012 at 4:07 pm
I think I’ll enjoy the game with the pleasant company of the lohud forum, unless it turns into a postmortem because Arod isn’t playing. At that point I think I will enjoy it on my own!
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The A-rod thing will die down if the guys in there come up big
getting some runs up early would sure relax this team…
Let’s Go Yankees!!!!!
Jerkface – no question to everything you’ve said.
Good news that the offense got extra BP.
I think I’ll enjoy the game with the pleasant company of the lohud forum, unless it turns into a postmortem because Arod isn’t playing. At that point I think I will enjoy it on my own!
GO CC!!!
GO YANKS!!!
Ichiro has an OPS over 1…
Boston needs a third baseman…
Jerkface, how do you fix granderson? Is it an approach thing? Mechanical?
no trading him to boston.
with our luck he would become the old arod again….
I don’t know. If his swing is different from when K Long first fixed him then they should fix it, but I think its approach.
Good AB by Ichiro nonetheless.
But its going to be so hard and now game 7 is even harder
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The hard is what makes it great – Jimmy Dugan
granderson is all approach.
he isnt just having issues with lefties this time.
he is swinging over every changeup he sees.
and typical swisher.
swinging out of his shoes.
So… did they tell us what they’re doing for game 5 yet?
(See what I’m doing here people? There will be a game 5.)
Swisher with the K-shocking…
i know this sounds a little delusional but if the Yankees win this game they have Pettitte, Kuroda, and probably Sabathia for seven. call me a homer but i am not ready to say its impossible for the Yankees to do this.
every fastball looks right down the middle and they are squaring any of them.
i know this sounds a little delusional but if the Yankees win this game they have Pettitte, Kuroda, and probably Sabathia for seven. call me a homer but i am not ready to say its impossible for the Yankees to do this.
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NO CC for game 7 unless he comes out of the pen.
2 days rest?
I dont think so.
If Scherzer continues to have his off speed pitches working in the zone, he’s going to be tough.
1-2-3 UGH
C’Mon CC
lets go yankees!!
cano is a bum, isn’t him?
still wanna sign him long term?
I’m not sure this is what everyone means when they say they’ve been looking for consistency
How are we going to be able to fight off this 500-pound gorilla if we don’t start hitting hittable pitches?
Why is Swisher batting 2nd and not Gardner?
so we thinking 7 innings of futility until the 9th inning attempt to come back?
ac1,
if it gets to game seven all hands will be on deck and you know Sabathia will ask for the ball. there is no way they’re running an injured Hughes or David Phelps out there for that game.
“So… did they tell us what they’re doing for game 5 yet?
(See what I’m doing here people? There will be a game 5.)”
Why is Swisher batting 2nd and not Gardner?
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NO one is hitting so it doesnt really matter….
if it gets to game seven all hands will be on deck and you know Sabathia will ask for the ball. there is no way they’re running an injured Hughes or David Phelps out there for that game.
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He may want it, but they basically already said no way.
CC’s fastball sitting at 88-90 .. not good. Hope he’s still just warming up, if not this could be a short outing
please dont walk people in front of miggy and prince
Challenge here no walks in front of the 3-4 guys.
I hate following the game on gametrax…
CC usually gains velocity.
Maybe these guys can get at Max before the 5th.
chavez cannot get him out?!
Chavez may be making arod’s case for him.
gardner had 1 at bat in 5 months before the other day. he battled verlander and fouled off a bunch of pitches, a couple of which were ball 4. otherwise he didn’t hit a ball out of the infield.
joe wants him in this huge OF but he’s better off at the bottom of the order imo.
mick October 18th, 2012 at 4:18 pm
Why is Swisher batting 2nd and not Gardner?
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Because the lineup is at the mercy of Phil Coke and Drew Smyly.
more fodder for the Post
There goes the no hitter.
Why cant ernie johnson figure out how to say Infante. It’s not IN-FAN-T, It’s IN-FAN-TAY
Put Arod in
Let me guess, some clown is going to say, “A-Rod makes that play.”
Another player that cant hit and cant play defense either. Pathetic
it really seems like there is no right move to make other than batting ichiro leadoff
Chambliss says:
October 18, 2012 at 4:23 pm
Let me guess, some clown is going to say, “A-Rod makes that play.”
He probably does to be honest….Alex still has a canon
I saw Smoltz hit a 450 foot HR in a college all star game in PA
Dream dashed.
CC’s buddy owns him now
does scherzer have a stuart scott glass eye or some david bowie thing going on with the 2 different eye colors?
and just what the offense didnt need was to be down in the 1st inning
this is quick
I really hate that Delmon Young is killing them..,,he’s terrible
good night irene – talk about coming out flat after the rainout
Fielder and Young must be desperate hitting the ball opposite field.
You watching, Tex?
a 2 out RISP hit
F this team. Game over.
Ughhh
where exactly was that pitch?
Pathetic and sucks. There. Both of your magic words.
does scherzer have a stuart scott glass eye or some david bowie thing going on with the 2 different eye colors?
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David Bowie.
1-0 already. Shocking.
@Joelsherman1
Delmon Young has driven in 6 runs in this series, #Yankees as a team have 5. #Tigers
The Yankee Killer strikes again. My God.
At least he kept Fielder in the park. Young is killing them.
Just what we wanted, an early run. Oops-wrong team.
2-1. Look at the K zone. He was just Kd.
Just sayin’
funny things happen when you put the ball in play
are we even allowed to do that or did Selig ban us?
One more, C!
I am just wondering if I can emotionally handle watching this game. Now winning or losing but handle the frustration that happens during the 9 innings with this team.
they might be blown out?
Another hit and they have to get someone up in the pen. There is no margin for error.
Hassey October 18th, 2012 at 4:28 pm
funny things happen when you put the ball in play
are we even allowed to do that or did Selig ban us?
LOL
and cc at 23 pitches already….
this inning already puts to rest CC appearing in a game 7 or even a game 8
Good thing the bullpen is rested.
the look on cc’s face said it all.
he knows that one run may be all they need.
Thatta boy,C!
It’s only 1 run people .. gimme a break! Oh wait we’ve only scored 2 runs in over 30 innings. nevermind.. let’s rip out our hair !
23 pitches and 1 run .. not a good start
Game far from over, but we flat out just suck. Can’t even make routine plays and already two whiffs under our belt through one inning.
Might get all of four innings out of CC at this rate.
Well, Chavez has cost them another run with his glove.
Arod plays and it’s still. 0-0 most likely…. Just sayin
But, at least he is swinging well.
Wait, what?
It would be nice if this team would show even a bit of heart. For example, a Tex bunt would shock the world and pep up his teammates.
lot of wishing and hoping around here last couple of days..put it to bed the series is over…say what I see
Good job CC!!!
ac1, he was at 19 when Peralta was struck out, same as Scherzer.
Just txt’d Arod.
305.454.xxxx betcha wish you were a bikini model
I’m guessing Girardi is hoping Chavez does something offensively. That play at third has to be made. Infante is not Ricky Henderson and the ball wasn’t hit that slowly.
Let’s get some offense boys.
Bronx Jeers October 18th, 2012 at 4:27 pm
does scherzer have a stuart scott glass eye or some david bowie thing going on with the 2 different eye colors?
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David Bowie.
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can they complain to the ump like when the pitchers baseball glove is 2 different colors – and force scherzer to pitch with one eye closed? would it even help?
Not that it really matters with our inept offense, but it’s really annoying and borderline unacceptable that the Yankees keep letting Delmon Young beat them. I mean you have to pitch to this guy better. It’s ridiculous.
If the players on this team desire any respect whatsoever they need to take this game today.
I’m glad people are on the record thinking Arod is a better third baseman than Chavez.
Throw balls Sxherzer
Lets go offense! time to answer back.
Niblick October 18th, 2012 at 4:27 pm
Pathetic and sucks. There. Both of your magic words.
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I might apply them to the nay-saying poster here, though. Down 1-0, top of the second. Lwt’s go, boys. Shut these pismires down.
Yeah Cashman and Girardi keep playing Chavez over Arod. They think they are trying to prove a point but it’s costing them games.
I am so so tired of watching garbage Young beat them. Can we figure out how to get the porno star out please.
jacksquat says:
October 18, 2012 at 4:33 pm
I’m glad people are on the record thinking Arod is a better third baseman than Chavez.
Defense isn’t Arods problem
Have to love the scouting report we have on young this series. I know he is a see it hit it hitter, but how many flares/liners to right are we going to give him? He has more series rbi than we do runs, right?
I want everyones sincere opinion..
Do you think this NYY team is an “all about me” team or truly plays as a team ?
ouu, Tex is such…
Tex has a .690 OPS.
Hopefully Scherzer throws 7 consecutive BB.
Yeah I’ll check you all out later! Too much “Arod woulda Arod coulda” talk for me already.
GO YANKS!!!!!
another laser off the bat
Geeky Bowie fact: He actually was punched in the face as a kid and has a paralyzed pupil, which is why it looks so odd. It is not naturally occurring heterochromia (see: Mila Kunis).
right now the Yankees remind me of a dog cashing it’s tail
Do you think this NYY team is an “all about me” team or truly plays as a team ?
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A team, i just think when they struggle they all try to be the hero…
A-Rod in or out, it doesn’t matter at this point. They lose the series either way. It’s irrelevant.
ohhh, this will be ugly.
I’m glad this is an afternoon game so I don’t have to stay up late anyway
Scherzer is going to shut us out .. how much you wanna bets?
Chambliss October 18th, 2012 at 4:32 pm
It would be nice if this team would show even a bit of heart. For example, a Tex bunt would shock the world and pep up his teammates.
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tex isn’t THAT desparate – the season hasn’t reached desparation level yet according to Tex’s interview a few days ago…
NYY_Girl_Penny October 18th, 2012 at 4:33 pm
I want everyones sincere opinion..
Do you think this NYY team is an “all about me” team or truly plays as a team ?
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neither….
A strike on a 2-1 count doesn’t K the batter. Once again the lack of baseball knowledge is really telling. Consider the source I guess.
Besides CC got the K anyways and that is what Championship Players do. No excuses for Champions.
how were both pitch 2 and 3 strikes?
it’s in their heads now.
there is likely no way to turn this around at this point.
this is beyond easy, for Tigers.
pathetic Yankees
Pathetic
2 innings, 4 K’s. Right in our sweetspot again.
blake October 18th, 2012 at 4:33 pm
jacksquat says:
October 18, 2012 at 4:33 pm
I’m glad people are on the record thinking Arod is a better third baseman than Chavez.
Defense isn’t Arods problem
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I didn’t say it was.
But if anyone wants Arod in this game over Chavez because they think he is a better 3B, they are nuts. Arod doesn’t make every play at 3B either. Picking on one play is stupid.
JobaTipsHisCap October 18th, 2012 at 4:35 pm
ohhh, this will be ugly.
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I think I am on that page too. It’s going to be bad.
Unreal!!!
Looks like the Yanks threw in the towel after Jeter got hurt. I have never seen an offense this inept
What is the strikeout record for a postseason game? I am glad that I am at work at that I have meetings to attend.
ac1 October 18th, 2012 at 4:36 pm
how were both pitch 2 and 3 strikes?
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LOL.whatever they were will it really matter
Chavez looks worn out. Like he has nothing nothing left at his point in the season. His glove has been bad and he can’t catch up to the fastball. But keep playing the $30m guy.
The first six hitters–four Ks, one IF pop out and a foul pop out. They have not hit in bad luck. They just haven’t had hard contact.
Chavez is trying his best to make ARod’s case. That’s nice of him.
Cripes. Arod could’ve done that with three pitches.
But at this point I wish they would put Arod in just so I don’t have to read the whining anymore.
Girardi better put Arod in this game.
oh hey look they are striking out on meatballs now
Okay… so we’re losing I gather?
over/under on K’s were 8….
This series has really highlighted how damn spoiled and entitled the fan base of the Yankees is. People calling this team a failure, no heart, blah blah blah aren’t paying attention that there are two teams left playing in the AL and the Yankees are one of them. They overcame injuries and other struggles to win the division, won a hard fought series against a division rival, and people still have the nerve to throw dirt on this team. Unbelievable.
Chavez 0-15 i have never seen a team that has so many low batting averages
Meet me in the land of suck and putrid. Ohhh oh this franchise.
At this point I would be surprised if they even score a run today. Everyone looks putrid and just lost. Even when they get pitches over the plate they can only foul them off. If they only hit a little bit they could have won this series. The Tigers haven’t been impressive at all and the Yanks handed them the series.
Oh This Traiiinn…
Is going to come to a screeching halt if we don’t score today.
Girardi better put Arod in this game.
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i agreed with arod benching at the time, but chavez is no better.
try Nix at 3rd
Not good
But at this point I wish they would put Arod in just so I don’t have to read the whining anymore.
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There would be an equal amount of whining if A-rod were playing.
CC could not give up one run in the first six innings today for us to stand a chance of winning. Reckon the ghost of George will be back shortly to hand out a few pink slips.
Latest odds:
1-100 Swisher
1-10 Kevin Long
1-2 ARod
1-1 Cashman
2-1 Girardi
oh look the tigers just keep getting hit after hit
Babe Dirks.
If this offense were a horse they would have shot it by now. Just put this pathetic, embarrassing team out of its misery. Good God, they should be ashamed to wear the pinstripes.
249 homers in the regular season and 248 whiffs in the postseason…
i’m actually hoping for a perfect game out of scherzer with 25 k’s – at that point there is no way that cashy and hal can spin it in the offseason as just bad luck…and will have to make wholesale changes..right?
Nice play tex. 2 more outs to go. Lets go CC.
@larryfleisher
Yankee team average now at .172 for the series and now has 28 strikeouts.
I wish the Yankees could string together some hits…maybe next inning?
1-100 Swisher
1-10 Kevin Long
1-2 ARod
1-1 Cashman
2-1 Girardi
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Swish – yes
long – probably
arod will be traded to miami
cash and girardi no
changes will be made and a lot of them
CC needs to locate against lefties. It’s true what Darling said they have better at bats against him than righties. He leaves too many pitches right over the plate to them.
A Dirks – they’re .067 hitter gets hits and ours (yes YOU cano) can’t….
changes will be made and a lot of them
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NO. Changes SHOULD be made, but they will not make them.
Anybody that thinks ARod’s benching is due to poor at bats is totally lost.. Girardi’s MO has always been to sink or swim with his team and its stars. Something is very fishy with this organization… ARod is just being punished…
“But if anyone wants Arod in this game over Chavez because they think he is a better 3B, they are nuts”
The error he made in Game 3 was the difference in that game too…..
ac1 October 18th, 2012 at 4:41 pm
1-100 Swisher
1-10 Kevin Long
1-2 ARod
1-1 Cashman
2-1 Girardi
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Swish – yes
long – probably
arod will be traded to miami
cash and girardi no
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gone
gone
gone
maybe
maybe
Anybody that thinks ARod’s benching is due to poor at bats is totally lost.. Girardi’s MO has always been to sink or swim with his team and its stars. Something is very fishy with this organization… ARod is just being punished…
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Oh word? Was Swisher being punished when he got benched? Is Granderson also being punished tonight? Why are those two guys being punished too? Why is A-rod being punished for that matter?
Anybody that thinks ARod’s benching is due to poor at bats is totally lost.. Girardi’s MO has always been to sink or swim with his team and its stars. Something is very fishy with this organization… ARod is just being punished…
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I’d say yes except they have benched swisher and granderson too…
waka flocka October 18th, 2012 at 4:39 pm
This series has really highlighted how damn spoiled and entitled the fan base of the Yankees is. People calling this team a failure, no heart, blah blah blah aren’t paying attention that there are two teams left playing in the AL and the Yankees are one of them. They overcame injuries and other struggles to win the division, won a hard fought series against a division rival, and people still have the nerve to throw dirt on this team. Unbelievable.
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True they have overcome a lot. Maybe yrs from now when stories come out they will be looked at differently.
Scherzer 11.1 K/9, led the AL. Get used to it.
Arod isnt being punished. He’s completely washed up.
Have you watched how pathetic he is jackamir??
He can’t rarely get the ball out of the infield and usually strikes out in 3 pitches having terrible at bats.
Chavez is 0-15 in the playoffs and made a critical error in game 3 and Arod isn’t playing in an elimination game…… Speaks volumes
Terrible throw. A decent throw and he is out….
“This series has really highlighted how damn spoiled and entitled the fan base of the Yankees is. People calling this team a failure, no heart, blah blah blah aren’t paying attention that there are two teams left playing in the AL and the Yankees are one of them. They overcame injuries and other struggles to win the division, won a hard fought series against a division rival, and people still have the nerve to throw dirt on this team. Unbelievable.”
What’s unbelievable is your ability to avoid reality. You, and those like you, are like alcoholics who refuse to admit they have a problem. The problem with this team — as it has been for the past three years — as many of us have pointed out — is that they are built for the regular season, and their all-or-nothing, homer-or-nothing offense has choked now for the third consecutive year in the postseason. If it weren’t for Raul Ibanez, they would have been unceremoniously drubbed out of the first round. When your best hitter goes 0-30 (that’s O FOR 30!!!), and half your lineup of all-stars does nothing but strike out time after time in the postseason, you have a problem. Time for an intervention.
How many games have Curtis and Swisher been benched?
Whatever, put Arod in there for his much better defense than Chavez.
1-0 in the bottom of the 2nd feels like 11-0. Just turned on the game but after looking at the boxscore it seems like good Max is out there today.
I can’t say if Arod is being punished or not….but I think he should be playing
final score 1-0 would be ultimate insult
Chavez is 0-15 in the playoffs and made a critical error in game 3 and Arod isn’t playing in an elimination game…… Speaks volumes
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Not really. Both have been bad in the playoffs so you have to fall back on the regular season numbers. Chavez has been superior to A-rod vs RHP this year. It’s as simple as that
Maybe they’re benching the other two guys every now and then to prove it is baseball related when it isn’t
#Conspiracy!
jacksquat says:
October 18, 2012 at 4:46 pm
Whatever, put Arod in there for his much better defense than Chavez.
I don’t have the authority
would be very surprised Arod gets a AB in this game no matter what
1-0 in the bottom of the 2nd feels like 11-0. Just turned on the game but after looking at the boxscore it seems like good Max is out there today.
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Not in the first inning, but the offense bailed him out.
With the way that Chavez has played it makes Girardi and Cashman look really stupid. Sitting Arod didn’t make much sense from the beginning but now it looks worse. If Arod is on the team next year then Cashman has a lot of explaining to do.
Mark Feinsand ?@BloggingBombers
The numbers in here say it all. RT @fangraphs FanGraphs: Alex Rodriguez and the Easily Justifiable Decision http://bit.ly/WtAiUv
Yep. A quick peak at that table tells you everything you need to know.
Odds
You’re right. As I keep saying, they’ve over-achieved to get this far. Trouble is that the offense has been so abject this post-season that it overshadows everything. And as the Yanks’ goal is ALWAYS to win the World Series, anything less has to be regarded as failure.
I honestly can’t fault Girardi this postseason as his team has just underperformed but even if this was close you just have the feeling that Leyland would school him. Leyland sends runners, tweaks the lineup…. I’d love that guy as a Yankee manager.
CC doesn’t have his A stuff or command today. He is throwing a ton of pitches.
Chavez is 0-15 in the playoffs and made a critical error in game 3 and Arod isn’t playing in an elimination game…… Speaks volumes
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Sure does.
joeman October 18th, 2012 at 4:42 pm
changes will be made and a lot of them
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They aren’t blowing the team up. Some guys won’t be here but if ppl are expecting big changes don’t hold your breath.
Totally unrelated but just mentioning. This Chad Jennings guy is not a Yankee Fan. Right?
Let’s win this thing!
We may seem like spoiled fans, but I suspect that the response would not be so negative if the team were scoring a few runs. They just seem lifeless.
waka flocka October 18th, 2012 at 4:39 pm
This series has really highlighted how damn spoiled and entitled the fan base of the Yankees is. People calling this team a failure, no heart, blah blah blah aren’t paying attention that there are two teams left playing in the AL and the Yankees are one of them. They overcame injuries and other struggles to win the division, won a hard fought series against a division rival, and people still have the nerve to throw dirt on this team. Unbelievable.
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No what is pathetic are losers like yourself. Do you really like mediocrity? How dare we expect these guys not to get shutout by #3 and #4 pitchers every game!!
ac1 October 18th, 2012 at 4:47 pm
1-0 in the bottom of the 2nd feels like 11-0. Just turned on the game but after looking at the boxscore it seems like good Max is out there today.
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Not in the first inning, but the offense bailed him out.
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All I saw was 2 innings 4 K’s…. maybe he’s not around the plate but the Yankee hitters have had no prayer thus far whether it’s Max or the hitters own doing.
Tyler October 18th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
I honestly can’t fault Girardi this postseason as his team has just underperformed but even if this was close you just have the feeling that Leyland would school him. Leyland sends runners, tweaks the lineup…. I’d love that guy as a Yankee manager.
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Fans would cry themselves to sleep whenever he’d refuse to start Verlander on three days rest. Whatever.
Do we have to wait till the 9th to score any runs? Again?
Can we sign Tebow to hit for us
Actually, I think the Yanks will wait until the 10th today.
bruceb October 18th, 2012 at 4:47 pm
Odds
You’re right. As I keep saying, they’ve over-achieved to get this far. Trouble is that the offense has been so abject this post-season that it overshadows everything. And as the Yanks’ goal is ALWAYS to win the World Series, anything less has to be regarded as failure.
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Maybe they should tweak their goal. The way sports are set-up now dynasties are a thing of the past.
Somehow “The Grass Is Greener On The Other Side” for many Yankee fans.
Call me crazy, but I refuse to give up on this team. Its only 1-0 in the third. Still plenty of time to make something happen. Lets go offense! Lets go Yanks. Time to score some runs for the big man.
We should pinch hit CC
RadioKev October 18th, 2012 at 4:49 pm
Tyler October 18th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
I honestly can’t fault Girardi this postseason as his team has just underperformed but even if this was close you just have the feeling that Leyland would school him. Leyland sends runners, tweaks the lineup…. I’d love that guy as a Yankee manager.
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Fans would cry themselves to sleep whenever he’d refuse to start Verlander on three days rest. Whatever.
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Are you talking about Leyland or Girardi?
Against All Odds October 18th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
joeman October 18th, 2012 at 4:42 pm
changes will be made and a lot of them
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They aren’t blowing the team up. Some guys won’t be here but if ppl are expecting big changes don’t hold your breath.
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mark it down…saying seven or more players won’t be back
Awful watching one team look like scoring every inning and other failing to get so much as a man on base. Their confidence is absolutely shot to pieces. I’ll bet most of them can’t wait to catch the plane home tonight.
RadioKev October 18th, 2012 at 4:50 pm
Somehow “The Grass Is Greener On The Other Side” for many Yankee fans.
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Dude, bottom of the 9th, Tigers up by 2 games and on the verge of winning a 3rd straight and what do they hear from the crowd as the ump calls a ball?
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOing.
Fans are fans.
Arod is bring punished for something, it’s very obvious. Right now only the organization knows the real reason. You don’t just bench someone like him who is signed for another 5 years. It doesn’t add up.
Now if the yanks can just find 4 million people just like waka, they can sell 4 mm tickets at the stadium next year and bring back the same team. 4 mm waka’s. All they need.
all we have to do is bring back hideki matsui – he’s the one that cursed us lol…
Waka…great point. Dill Pickler….way to prove it for him.
down 0-2 every AB
Martin should be benched for swinging out of his shoes at an away pitch. The approach is putrid.
It would be wise to score and score soon. The longer this thing goes in an elimination game the tougher it’s going to get.
This thing doesn’t need to get any harder.
fast forward to the 9th inning Yankees will score and lose
To see this team fall flat on its face in this series and practically the entire postseason offensively is disgraceful. Especially after fighting with the O’s for a whole month. This team lacks heart right now. I know it’s the end. I see no way this team comes back from this. Makes me pretty angry to see them just fold against a team it should beat. They have been in just about every game this postseason and a hit here or there turns things dramatically.
lets face it.
all the regulars besides ichiro should be benched.
munson15, you think Thurman wouldn’t be booing these chokers? Thurman was a guy who actually raised his performance in the clutch.
If this were the first time these guys had embarrassed themselves in the postseason, that would be one thing. This is the third straight postseason they have choked. How many do you require before you ask for changes? 5 straight years? 10? 15?
Do people reay believe Arod would be on the bench if he was hitting?
I’m sure they’re not happy with him but being a productive force in a lineup washes away a lot of sins.
Dill Pickler,
news flash dummy: i never said the team couldn’t be improved. i said its stupid that people are calling this a bad baseball team when they won 95 games with a patchwork rotation, an offense depleted by injuries, and a bullpen with three reliable relief pitchers.
have you even bothered to look at what the Tigers have done right or are you just so focused on “da yankeez r choking!!11!” narrative? no Tigers starter has given up more than 2R. but hey, the Yankees are chokers who can’t hit in the clutch!
Gardner looks like he pack on a few lbs
I swear gardy has gotten slower. Most likely because he has not played all season and is not in great shape.
joeman October 18th, 2012 at 4:51 pm
Against All Odds October 18th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
joeman October 18th, 2012 at 4:42 pm
changes will be made and a lot of them
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They aren’t blowing the team up. Some guys won’t be here but if ppl are expecting big changes don’t hold your breath.
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mark it down…saying seven or more players won’t be back
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I can see guys fringe guys like Jones and Stewart but not players like Cano, Tex, Grandy, etc.
Yeah sliding into 1st base really helped. Gardner really has terrible baseball instincts.
no no is gone!
Nunie!
Nunezzzz is on base! Our Savior!
Interesting stat that only one team leading the league in homers has won a Series since 1985. A team must have diverse skills. That is a simple concept.
progress alert: BASERUNNER! lets go boys.
okay folks… god speed.
hope I get home to see the final outs and get to plan how I’ll watch the game tomorrow.
.170 batting average in the series. Hilarious. And people are ok with this because they had a nice regular season.
Captain Clutch October 18th, 2012 at 4:56 pm
Yeah sliding into 1st base really helped. Gardner really has terrible baseball instincts.
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but you keep hearing about fast he is…
Lucky break but Nunez seems to make things happen at the plate. He needs at bats next year to develop or he needs to be used as trade bait. No utility man playing 2 days a week b.s.
RadioKev says:
October 18, 2012 at 4:50 pm
Somehow “The Grass Is Greener On The Other Side” for many Yankee fans.
I think we are just looking for less dead more than greener
.170 batting average in the series. Hilarious. And people are ok with this because they had a nice regular season.
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Who is ok with this?
Nunie.
speed is important
Atta boy, Nunie. Manufacture now.
Dill, no doubt there needs to be some changes. I just don’t buy into this ” this team sucks now ” BS.
Plzzz ichirooo!,
Carlo,
all they need is four million rational people who understand the game of baseball instead of letting idiots from ESPN and talk radio think for them.
Against All Odds October 18th, 2012 at 4:56 pm
joeman October 18th, 2012 at 4:51 pm
Against All Odds October 18th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
joeman October 18th, 2012 at 4:42 pm
changes will be made and a lot of them
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They aren’t blowing the team up. Some guys won’t be here but if ppl are expecting big changes don’t hold your breath.
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mark it down…saying seven or more players won’t be back
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I can see guys fringe guys like Jones and Stewart but not players like Cano, Tex, Grandy, etc.
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will be a few surprises
Nunez is building trade value…..trouble is can they trade him now
Waka – this tigers team didn’t even win 90 games with this staff…..and u are tipping ur cap to them for their work this series? And saying this yankee offense isn’t a bunch of chokers?
Nunez is building trade value…..trouble is can they trade him now
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CANNOT trade him with Jeter’s injury
what can they get for Gardner ?
Nunez = starting 3B next year
they should walk ichiro and just k swisher
Swish nexttt nooooo
waka flocka October 18th, 2012 at 4:56 pm
Dill Pickler,
news flash dummy: i never said the team couldn’t be improved. i said its stupid that people are calling this a bad baseball team when they won 95 games with a patchwork rotation, an offense depleted by injuries, and a bullpen with three reliable relief pitchers.
have you even bothered to look at what the Tigers have done right or are you just so focused on “da yankeez r choking!!11!” narrative? no Tigers starter has given up more than 2R. but hey, the Yankees are chokers who can’t hit in the clutch!
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Yeah the Tigers are so great that all FOUR of their starters should be able to completely shut us down EVERY GAME!!
It’s perfecty normal to have the bases loaded three times in game 1 and not score ANY RUNS!!
Good points genius!
Waka, I never called this a “bad baseball team.” I said they are choking in the playoffs, a FACT that cannot be disputed. And this is the third straight postseason that these “hitters” (I use that term loosely) have choked in the postseason.
Do you really want to dispute the fact that they are choking? Cano went 24-39 at the end of the regular season. The postseason comes and he goes 0-30. Granderson, Swisher, ARod… anyone who is not burying their head in the sand can see that they are, indeed, choking.
And quoting how great the Tigers pitchers are doing against these chokers proves… what? That they are as good as the Orioles pitchers, who also completely shut the Yankees lineup down?
I don’t know if Nunez could field 3B regularly. I’d give him a lot of SS starts while working Jeter back. I’ve always liked Nunez and I believe he can be average in the field… that coupled with his bat and speed makes for a good player
now we can watch NicKKKKKKKKKKKKK try for a 6 run homerun
“CANNOT trade him with Jeter’s injury”
Probably not
I have to say I am a little jealous here.
Arod’s miami house video
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....72998.html
Baddd take! Swinggg ichirooo! Ill take my chances with uuu
Here comes swish to the rescue
RabidYankee,
they’re playing poorly. this doesn’t mean the entire team is sh*t and should be blown up. how hard of a concept is this to understand?
Alright Swisher, here’s your chance.
Gotta re-sign Ichiro next year…
Hit a homer swish
swisher is so predictable.
does he even look at the ball to see if it is dropping off?
@sportsJC16
If this doesn’t show Cashman & Hal #Yankees need at least 7 bats in the off-season, I hope they are prepared to lose 95+ gms in 2013.
Carlo October 18th, 2012 at 4:57 pm
.170 batting average in the series. Hilarious. And people are ok with this because they had a nice regular season.
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Sounds like obama voters making excuses for his dismal 4 years and asking for 4 more!
Too bad Swisher isn’t on the bench today. He is brutal. Just swinging at anything off speed.
Make him throw strikes Nick
Tyler October 18th, 2012 at 5:01 pm
I don’t know if Nunez could field 3B regularly. I’d give him a lot of SS starts while working Jeter back. I’ve always liked Nunez and I believe he can be average in the field… that coupled with his bat and speed makes for a good player
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50 games for jeter at dh
50 games for arod at dh
100 games for nunez in the field
Patrick says:
October 18, 2012 at 5:02 pm
Gotta re-sign Ichiro next year…
I hope so…..this may all be a mirage but I think he’s figured it out again and I like watching him
will be a few surprises
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I think it’s wishful thinking. This team has few trade assets as is.
blake October 18th, 2012 at 5:02 pm
Hit a homer swish
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That’s the reason they can’t hit, everyone swings for the fences instead of trying to just get a hit with RISP!
Nunez will be the starting SS on opening day and with an opening at 3rd, it may be time for Mr. Jeter to move over.
Wow, that was a surprise. Man is he toast!
swish, 2k
BS THAT WAS NOWHERE NEAR THE PLATE!!!!
I would consider trading Cano. If he’s so valuable and the team is intending to keep at $189 million, isn’t he the most marketable commodity to return 3-4 solid and modestly paid players? I know it won’t happen, but I cringe at the thought of him being the veteran leader of this team in the years ahead.
Wow bad call on that 3rd strike..
Swisher you are POOOOOP!
I can’t believe Swisher struck out
Atta boy swish
Wifferific
I hate this lineup
Not a strike
that was outside..but it didn’t matter
Of course he strikes out. Of course.
Off the plate, again.
Who is Swish going to blame for hurting his feelings this time?
Sweet Lord, Swisher is just terrible. Have a good time there Nick. I look forward to you sucking for some other team next year.
At least the fans didn’t boo him when he whiffed. So he must be happy about that.
that’s too close to take
Too bad Nunez isn’t batting 2nd. Why would they even pitch to Ichiro with strike out Swisher on deck? He is absolutely terrible. Good thing he had such a bad post season. Now the Yanks don’t even have to consider bringing him back. He really is a waste of a contract when he can’t make contact when the games mean the most.
mick October 18th, 2012 at 4:18 pm
REPOST
Why is Swisher batting 2nd and not Gardner?
This umpiring is atrocious. Hard to complain about that though if we aren’t scoring ANY runs.
Why is he even in there, let alone batting 2nd
blake October 18th, 2012 at 5:02 pm
Hit a homer swish
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That’s the reason they can’t hit, everyone swings for the fences instead of trying to just get a hit with RISP!
Well yea…..but it’s too late to make these lemons into lemondade……..gotta hope they run into one
munson15, there’s a difference between saying “this team sucks” and this team is choking in the postseason. Look at the results of the last 3 seasons and the postseasons. It is clear there are guys in this lineup that cannot perform in the postseason. To my mind, continuing to do the same thing and expecting different results is insanity. If you want this team to have success in the postseason — which is the goal, right? — they have to make changes.
I have no doubt that if they brought back the same guys next year, they’d win the division again, and then you’d see the same result in the postseason that you’ve seen for the past three years.
waka flocka October 18th, 2012 at 5:02 pm
RabidYankee,
they’re playing poorly. this doesn’t mean the entire team is sh*t and should be blown up. how hard of a concept is this to understand?
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waka: How hard is it to understan that this team should be doing alot better than a .170 batting average and striking out in every big spot??
Are you satisfied with that? Are your standards that low?
Against All Odds October 18th, 2012 at 5:04 pm
will be a few surprises
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I think it’s wishful thinking. This team has few trade assets as is.
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we will get together in Jan and talk about it..
So glad Long and Nickie the Clown had a productive session. Maybe Nick will spray seltzer in the ump’s face!
They have to find a place for a guy that can hit Verlander and steal bases. He has ability.
Swisher is his usual brutal playoff self with runners on, but two brutal calls in that AB.
I know we didn’t score… But You gotta like What Gardy, Nuney, and Ichiro did.
Gardy saw 5 pitches, put pressure on the D to make a very good play to get him out.
Nunez got on base, then put pressure on the D and Pitcher with the steal.
Ichiro got the pitch count way up, drew a walk, and put added pressure on their pitcher.
That was the perfect storm of events that constitutes ” table setter” ” rally”… But Swisher was unable to to make the tigers pay.
The upside is that there are only a few more ABs for Swisher in a Yankee uniform.
Can’t wait to see Swisher complain about the fans again. The team will miss his attitude but no one will miss his .100 average in October. He is a total dog when it counts.
but I cringe at the thought of him being the veteran leader of this team in the years ahead.
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It won’t be that bad
how is that even possible nick???
i reallly thought he was gonna get the monkey off his back there….
im working but im watching…
Let’s Go Yankees!!!!
NEVER GIVE UP!
Too many holes to plug in this lineup.
Espn just told me swish k’d. So otherwise I never would have known. Wouldn’t have known the offense was inept without someone telling me. My eyes were really impressed with our approach this series until the e radio told me I was wrong.
Maybe they can just call the game now and save the Yankees some dignity
ZMANINSJ October 18th, 2012 at 5:07 pm
The upside is that there are only a few more ABs for Swisher in a Yankee uniform.
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good and take Gardner with him
“Sounds like obama voters making excuses for his dismal 4 years and asking for 4 more!”
Keep your stupid, ill-informed Fox-puppet politics out of this. This is a baseball forum.
You guys think everything they call strikes here is off the plate. The camera is angled left from far right behind the mound towards homeplate at this park more than others which is why it looks that way to you. If you were standing behind the mound or the plate you’d realize they were close pitches that can be called strikes.
Swisher should have offered at that pitch.
That was a ball
Justin-
Tell the media what you said to Alex, after the game,when he wasn’t in the lineup to face you.
Play Swisher and sit Alex. And hit him second. Great Girardi move.
They probably aren’t moving Gardner. He was hurt most of the yr and they like him.
This is a fun team to watch!
Bench Tex!
“Keep your stupid, ill-informed Fox-puppet politics out of this. This is a baseball forum.”
You too
The Yanks are ready to go home. It’s like the confidence just isn’t there anymore.
They can’t touch Scherzer.
He’s got an evil eye…
Here comes the Yankee Killer
Tabbert October 18th, 2012 at 5:07 pm
I know we didn’t score… But You gotta like What Gardy, Nuney, and Ichiro did.
Gardy saw 5 pitches, put pressure on the D to make a very good play to get him out.
Nunez got on base, then put pressure on the D and Pitcher with the steal.
Ichiro got the pitch count way up, drew a walk, and put added pressure on their pitcher.
That was the perfect storm of events that constitutes ” table setter” ” rally”… But Swisher was unable to to make the tigers pay.
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fill the roster with guys like that and we should be ok next year. but still need that one or two big bats to rely for the big hit…
Against All Odds says:
October 18, 2012 at 5:11 pm
They probably aren’t moving Gardner. He was hurt most of the yr and they like him.
They shouldn’t ….. He should play CF next year
Against All Odds October 18th, 2012 at 5:11 pm
They probably aren’t moving Gardner. He was hurt most of the yr and they like him
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Gardner is a AAA player
I want to know how garbage Young can hit in October and the Yanks can’t. Some things don’t make any sense.
ernie johnson is such a fool
This is what it must be like watching the Yankees vs. Random Florida Community College in spring training except we’re Random Florida Community College and the Tigers are the Yankees.
Classy Verlander. Man he needs a good beat down.
joeman October 18th, 2012 at 5:13 pm
Against All Odds October 18th, 2012 at 5:11 pm
They probably aren’t moving Gardner. He was hurt most of the yr and they like him
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Gardner is a AAA player
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They really like him and what he brings. He is one of Brian’s guys and you know how he is when it comes to his players.
Dill Pickler October 18th, 2012 at 5:09 pm
“Sounds like obama voters making excuses for his dismal 4 years and asking for 4 more!”
Keep your stupid, ill-informed Fox-puppet politics out of this. This is a baseball forum.
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Ill informed?? So $6 trillion in debt, medicare on pace to go bankrupt in 10 years, and putting the gov’t in charge of our healthcare is a good thing??
Why are you a Yankees fan? They are evil capitalists who spend so much money, it’s not fair to the small market teams right? Why no go be a Royals fan loser???
Delmon Young can hit in the post season unlike most Yankees because he knows how to use the whole field. The magical RF porch they hit at for 1/2 their games hasn’t casued them to put blinders on and hit like beer league softball players.
blake October 18th, 2012 at 5:12 pm
Against All Odds says:
October 18, 2012 at 5:11 pm
They probably aren’t moving Gardner. He was hurt most of the yr and they like him.
They shouldn’t ….. He should play CF next year
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I’m not ready to say bye to Grandy yet
Do we seriously have to listen to Verlander this whole inning? Aren’t there a couple of girls he can flirt with instead?
I guess it doesn’t matter because the Yanks aren’t going to score a run anyway. But CC isn’t sharp at all.
I wanna hate him… But Verlander seems like a cool dude
Knock it off, both of you.
CC will barely get through 5 with this pitch count rate
This coverage is absurd SMFH
CC pitching like he knows his offense is not backing him up.
Dill Pickler October 18th, 2012 at 5:09 pm
“Sounds like obama voters making excuses for his dismal 4 years and asking for 4 more!”
Keep your stupid, ill-informed Fox-puppet politics out of this. This is a baseball forum.
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Amen
RabidYankee — again, keep your stupid, ill-informed, Fox puppet politics out of here. This is a baseball forum.
You want to have a politcal debate, I’ll be glad to meet you someplace else.
Dill Pickler October 18th, 2012 at 5:09 pm
“Sounds like obama voters making excuses for his dismal 4 years and asking for 4 more!”
Keep your stupid, ill-informed Fox-puppet politics out of this. This is a baseball forum.
Are you an ill-informed CNN or MSNBC-puppet? Why do you assume that anyone who disagrees your hero watches Fox News? What a pathetic, worn out talking point. You left out “bible-thumper” and “Rush Limbaugh.”
Get Verlander out of here….Enough already…
I’m not ready to say bye to Grandy yet”
Even if Grandy is back he should play LF…..it’s time
Guys does it really matter at this point who is hitting where ? It’s a shame that you can’t make any moves when everyone on your team doesn’t hit except for maybe Ichiro.
Where did that pop up go? Any jet-streams!!?
This is unbelievable they are letting him stay on the mic the whole inning.
Swisher should have offered at that pitch.
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Pitch FX says no, it was a bad ball.
So Verlander demands the interview not to be over and TBS just goes with it. Seriously turn the playoffs over to Comedy Central for next year. Terrible job.
Captain Clutch October 18th, 2012 at 5:17 pm
Get Verlander out of here….Enough already…
I absolutely abhor TBS
PRicanYankees42 October 18th, 2012 at 5:16 pm
I wanna hate him… But Verlander seems like a cool dude
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I always wanted him to be a Yankee. It sucks he never will be.
Ugh
How about nobody talk about politics?
Nice that Tex came to play today. He getting paid by the Tigers?
Wtffff if wrong with texx????
SMFH
Again, Tex? What are the chances of that happening twice in a inning? Although this series, it’s not so unlikely.
What a performance. What a performance. The New York Yankees ladies and gentlemen.
Great job Tex. Time to go home…
Good grief
Falling apart at the seams
YankeesFanNYC October 18th, 2012 at 5:17 pm
Dill Pickler October 18th, 2012 at 5:09 pm
“Sounds like obama voters making excuses for his dismal 4 years and asking for 4 more!”
Keep your stupid, ill-informed Fox-puppet politics out of this. This is a baseball forum.
Are you an ill-informed CNN or MSNBC-puppet? Why do you assume that anyone who disagrees your hero watches Fox News? What a pathetic, worn out talking point. You left out “bible-thumper” and “Rush Limbaugh.”
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LOL, well said!!! Funny thing is I rarely watch Fox news, they are too liberal for me!!
See how stupid it is to complain about Chavez? Tex twice in one inning.
The Yankees are playing potentially the last game of their season and people in here are arguing about politics? What the heck..
This team hasn’t had a thread of a pulse since Jeter got hurt
Nice defense. Poor CC.
Just one more, C!
One swing and this game could be over.
Scherzer at 55 pitches, CC at 63 after that Tex error. This game could well be decided by the bullpen
I think talking politics is less aggravating than this game and VERLANDER STILL ON THE MIC FOR F SAKE !
, they are too liberal for me!!
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Jerkface October 18th, 2012 at 5:18 pm
Swisher should have offered at that pitch.
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Pitch FX says no, it was a bad ball.
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Indeed, six inches off the plate. I don’t know if Swisher could have even reached it.
jacksquat says:
October 18, 2012 at 5:19 pm
See how stupid it is to complain about Chavez? Tex twice in one inning.
I’m ok complaining about them all at this point
Ask Verlander how Kate Upton is ????? I want to know…..
Can we talk about the politics within the yankee organization? Like the faction that thinks this roster is ok next year and the one that has a baseball sense?
Patrick October 18th, 2012 at 5:19 pm
The Yankees are playing potentially the last game of their season and people in here are arguing about politics? What the heck..]
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Yanks are still playing ? I mean I see people in uniform but I’m pretty sure they stopped playing awhile ago.
Good thing this team really came prepared today.
You can tell they really want to win this one.
Game smh
Man, Yankees are falling apart here.
LOL WTF WAS THAT >> HAHAHAHAHAHAH ! BAD NEWS F’N BEARS
YT,
Should that be true, we’ll win.
without Chad running the chat here it’s not worth dealing with – time to see what’s going here in the back alley…
Not good
Thank you Tex
I’ve now seen it all.
Ballgame over; ALCS over; season (mercifully) over
Can anything else go wrong?
Pitiful…..Shoukd be 0-0
Justin f’n Verlander hour.
For crissake, this is like a Detroit home broadcast.
Thought CC could reach that, guess not. Nice attempt by Nunie.
Ballgame.
And spare me the “leave politics out of this” lecture. I saw mick and another regular on here last Friday talking politics on here.
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Game over…. what a pathetic showing.. they really should just walk off the field.
One over the fence to put us all out of our misery.
The great thing about Tex is we all know he’ll make up for the 2 misplays with his bat! Insert laughter here.
Didn’t realize we were watching Detroit TV?
Just make C throw a thousand pitches.
The organization should be absolutely emabarrassed by this performance from the offensive players. Losing is one thing but completely falling apart and not showing up is a complete joke. If they even showed up they could have won this series. This is really, really embarrassing.
70 + pitches in 3 innings
austinmac October 18th, 2012 at 5:23 pm
Can anything else go wrong?
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Someone could get hurt but let’s hope that doesn’t happen
Why dont they bring JV in the damn booth for chrissakes?????
Any announcements tomorrow on long being let go, or will it be a week or after world series?
The thing is, We don’t need to have sluggers 1-9. It’s okay to have 4 contact hitters in a lineup that have very little pop, but have speed, can work counts, get on base, and go oppo. I would love having Jeter, Ichiro, Nunez, and gardner in the same lineup. All you need is a meat of the order at 3-4-5 with your ultra sluggers. Its awesome to have your 6-7 hitters have 30 bombs.. but its not needed.
When the going gets tough, the Yankees fold like a cheap suit.
Has there ever been a playoff series where a team never had a lead?
Come on C
House clean or don’t even bother. Exposed like I’ve never seen before. Like an nba team that tries in the regular season, puts up big numbers and shts its pants the minute someone tries on defense against them.
would anyone here be pissed if CC left after 5 innings
Thanks for making C throw all those extra pitches
I thought for sure Swisher would try to somersault and catch that in his mouth.
Blake-
Missed the first inning. Was one of their singles catchable for an out?
very sad and angry at the same time if that makes sense. This is not a Yankee team that i am familiar with.. This is degrading and makes me sick that the Tigers will knock the Yankees out again with scrubs like Delmon Young beating us… Absolutely ridiculous…
Put AROD IN THE DAM GAME… I CANT WATCH THIS
Pat M.
I believe Verlander would say she is quite good, thank you. Not a bad life.
I’d rather listen to Verlander than watch the Yankees try to hit.
Yanks need 2 innings to make up for Verlander hour since their innings are half as long.
CC should just give up a grand slam and put us out of our misery. I can’t even watch this crap anymore. They look like a boring, pathetic single A team.
I would be very happy if there was not a single position player name I recognized on this team next year (Sans Jeter and Ichiro, I think they make a great 1 & 2)
2 runs might as well be 10. Not the proudest moment in the history of this organization. It seems they’ve quit.
This isn’t on CC. 3 misplays led to 2 runs.
Anybody still positive around here?
G. Love October 18th, 2012 at 5:25 pm
I thought for sure Swisher would try to somersault and catch that in his mouth.
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LMAO!!!!
G. Love October 18th, 2012 at 5:25 pm
I thought for sure Swisher would try to somersault and catch that in his mouth.
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lol
Verlander has a sure career in broadcasting. Better than the people in the booth. CC, how can I put this? You can’t play nine positions, and you can’t account for bad hops. Stay with it. We’ll get’em.
Yankee Trader says:
October 18, 2012 at 5:25 pm
Blake-
Missed the first inning. Was one of their singles catchable for an out?
Chavez didn’t make a play he probably Shoukd have
2-0 and it feels like 20-0. What the heck does Cashman see in his approach to putting an offense together that makes him think it is “champiionshiip caliber.”
It would probably take the Yanks about 20 more innings to score 2 runs.
Its only a 2 run game. Yea.. I know, i know, our offense has been awful. But, This could have gotten a lot worse. A base hit there and this game is over… But its still just a 2 run ball game. Lets go Yankees. Time to rally.
robbykid October 18th, 2012 at 5:24 pm
Has there ever been a playoff series where a team never had a lead?
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I’m sure there have been
It’s 2-0 in the 4th inning, this game is far, far from over with Scherzer and their crappy pen. Yankees feast on middle relief, they will score soon and win the game. CC just has to keep the game here
2013 NYY
Jeter
Ichiro
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Gardner im 50/50
LMAOOOO @ G. Love
Always look on the bright side… If this is the end o the Yankee season this is hopefully the last time I see Nick Swisher in a Yankee uniform… “The worst post season player in baseball history”
Against All Odds October 18th, 2012 at 5:27 pm
robbykid october 18th, 2012 at 5:24 pm
Has there ever been a playoff series where a team never had a lead?
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I’m sure there have been
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wow, that’s a great question. any of you stat freaks know the answer ?
Chavez doesn’t make a play he usually does. Tex doesn’t make two plays he usually does. Just more snake bit.
I am suprised cano didnt swing at the first pitch
I want Paul O’Neill to manage this team and take on his identity.
It’s funny how the Tigers have one of the worst infield defense’s ever. But the Yanks defense have cost them games and the Tigers haven’t made any errors to cost them. Hard to figure out.
but he chased the 2nd one; good
Maybe Tex’s miscues will convince him they’re “desperate” anough for mim to lay down a bunt!
73 pitches for C
Why do people think Cano is so great ? I never thought he was nearly as good as people make him out to be..
Tex, Swish, fold every season in the post season. What else is new?
amazing the people on here who continue to say. Its only the 1st inning and then its only the 4th inning.
Its like they haven’t been watching the past week or 2
The last time I saw a Yankee team fold like this was in 2004 and even more so in the 81 World Series when they lsot 4 straight after jumping out to a 2-0 lead……The loss of Game 1 and the loss of Derek Jeter just solidified the downward spiral…….I guess Baltimore’s shadowing of them from Late August took it’s toll……..Certainly letting the ALDS go to 5th game was a dagger
It’s not a case of being snakebit, it’s a case of being no good.
Tex, you need to come through here.
when will cano put a sofa in dugout?
I defined insanity today when I said to myself the following: “hey, we win today, and its andy tomorrow to get us back to ny. Then we have kuroda who was awesome, then, in a game 7, anything can happen.” How ridiculous is that. I should have stabbed myself.
YT,
I’m here, and we’re going to win this game, somehow, some way, but we’re going to do it.
First pitch was perfect to hit oppo.
Blake-
Thanks. So it was the 1st single of that inning by Infante.
buntttttttttttttttttt omgg
Cano’s approach is awful. Instead of looking for pitches to drive he is just swinging away at anything in sight. He is a $200m hitter but not player. His strike zone really neds to improve.
Has there ever been a playoff series where a team never had a lead?
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Just off the top of my head 1998 against Texas
A 23MIL MLB Pro player is given the entire left side of the IF and can’t get a hit.
SMH
Holy …
Tex-need to open your eyes on that high fastball
WHAT THE HELL WAS TEX SWINGING AT? Tex has completely fell off the planet.
The last time I saw a Yankee team fold like this was in 2004 and even more so in the 81 World Series when they lsot 4 straight after jumping out to a 2-0 lead……The loss of Game 1 and the loss of Derek Jeter just solidified the downward spiral…….I guess Baltimore’s shadowing of them from Late August took it’s toll……..Certainly letting the ALDS go to 5th game was a dagger
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More nonsense from the pro front office guy
Today is swing at anything in sight….They are making Scherzer look like Verlander because they don’t have a strike zone.
Do we have a rally in our bones?
Come on Boys!
NYY fan in NH October 18th, 2012 at 5:28 pm
I want Paul O’Neill to manage this team and take on his identity.
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don’t think that will happen anytime soon
seriously, cc should aim for 120 pitches
If your job lasts 7 months a year, april to october, and u suck in april, may, and october, how do u make $23 mm for 4 months of acceptible work?
I honestly hope he pitches a no hitter against us and embarrasses the entire organization.
Nice job Tex!!!
On principle he should be benched .. 2 errrors and a strikeout to a garbage pitcher!!
Pathetic!!
And Tex has been nothing but selfish since coming to NY. A former 300 hitter to all fields now batting under 250. All he does is try to hit into the shift every time and go for home runs.
.. and people were talking about C.C not pitching game 7 LOL.
I just ran out of the room and came back and saw there were already 2 outs
Cano..is done..when he’s not hitting he couldn’t care less
No-hitter from Scherzer? Could happen. Would be the bow on a great post-season.
CC is aiming for 120 pitches, aiming to be there in the 5th actually.
Good thing today is the last day of this crap. This is honestly really hard to watch.
Triple short:
You are right….How about NL or ALCS?
They should let CC hit.
He’s out there giving it his all on the mound. Why not throw him alittle bone? Plus he likes to hit, can’t be any worse than these clowns!
Right now I wish we had Miguel the little Mexican kid in the original Bad New Bears to go up and hit. Either him or Rudy Stein. Rudy knew how to lean into one.
Carlo October 18th, 2012 at 5:32 pm
If your job lasts 7 months a year, april to october, and u suck in april, may, and october, how do u make $23 mm for 4 months of acceptible work?
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LOL – and you claim the cough got ya down. After tonight’s game he’ll have a new excuse. I am so envious that Boston got to dump their team and we are stuck with these things.
I am submerged in a deep depression. I cant do this guys… Im out
I have been invested in this group of guys since I first landed in Tampa for spring training in march. Obviously I want to win this game, and this series. With that being said, I also realize this might be the last game of the season in which I have been following and most have you guys have been following for eight months. My point is, I wont sit here on what might be the last game of the year and say negative, after negative thing about this team. I also will not lose faith until the 27th out. But.. most importantly I am going to enjoy this game. I might not get to see another meaningful Yankees game for over five months.
Lets Go Yankees. We can still do this.
PRicanYankees42 October 18th, 2012 at 5:34 pm
I am submerged in a deep depression. I cant do this guys… Im out
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I feel for you. It is very difficult. I talk to myself and vent here to make it somewhat bearable.
I have a funny feeling that this will somehow, someway that this game will fall in the lap of Arod with the last AB.
Hey, take heart because Brian Cashman assures me that these guys are championship caliber. Wait, this just in, he just issued the following disclaimer: “provided that they can just carry over runs from the regular season and don’t have to actually hit in the postseason.”
This team had the BEST RECORD IN THE AL. How the heck did it all fall apart so fast? I don’t want to see them end up like the Red Sox next year, but I fear that with Swisher gone, no Andy, no great trade chips, a shell of A-Rod (or no A-Rod) and another year of decline for Tex and Granderson, this team will go from the best record in the league to a mediocre team that misses the postseason.
Without any great young talent to fill in it will be a long and slow climb back up. This team could use Jackson, Kennedy, Montero etc…
I saw a tweet maybe 15 minutes ago saying the Tigers are trying to be the 5th team to win without the other team having the lead at any time.
Tabbert October 18th, 2012 at 5:35 pm
I have been invested in this group of guys since I first landed in Tampa for spring training in march. Obviously I want to win this game, and this series. With that being said, I also realize this might be the last game of the season in which I have been following and most have you guys have been following for eight months. My point is, I wont sit here on what might be the last game of the year and say negative, after negative thing about this team. I also will not lose faith until the 27th out. But.. most importantly I am going to enjoy this game. I might not get to see another meaningful Yankees game for over five months.
Lets Go Yankees. We can still do this.
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share the happy pills ? Yanks stopped playing baseball months ago.
MAX SCHERZER IS PITCHING A NO HITTER
Can’t bear to watch this anymore. Being swept out in the ALCS is barely better than losing in the 1st round…Ouch. Take care everyone !
I’m past being negative. I’m at the laughing instead of crying portion of the season.
MAX SCHERZER IS PITCHING A NO HITTER MAX SCHERZER IS PITCHING A NO HITTER MAX SCHERZER IS PITCHING A NO HITTER Triple CURSES on HIM !
20-123 .163 BA. Championship caliber I tell ya!!!!
I can’t blieve that this series is going to end without someone bunting towards Cabrera. They obviously can’t hit so would it really hurt to try something new?
How has the umps strike zone been the last three games? I have to watch on that stupid postseason mlb.tv thing, so I can’t see.
This is so depressing, even though I can’t say this series is surprising at all.
They haven’t hit anyone here not named Valverde.
I *hate* the freaking Tigers. I hate the White Sox, too, for choking away the division. It’s really their fault. Who didn’t see this coming once the Tigers got in?
That Granderson trade is flowering in all it’s brutal brutality right now. One of the worst trades in recent memory.
ONE, SIXTY, THREE. Oh, and I heard that Max Scherzer is pitching an no hitter.
Cashman/Girardi tried to make Alex the scapegoat. How’s that working now? This team, besides not hitting, now can’t field. Pathetic.
MAX SCHERZER IS ALSO PITCHING A SHUT OUT
Gardner is a AAA player? Sorry but AAA players don’t hit .266/.355/.368 in the majors with 137-167 in stolen bases while playing some of the best OF defense in the league. Way off base with that one.
“amazing the people on here who continue to say. Its only the 1st inning and then its only the 4th inning.
Its like they haven’t been watching the past week or 2″
A.Maybe because we our blinded by our bias loyalty and still think we can win this game.
B.Maybe because its only the bottom of the 4th, and its a 2-0 game, and this is still baseball and anything can happen.
Outside of that.. I don’t know what to tell you. What do you want me to say? ” Oh.. its over WE SUCK, fire everyone. Why even watch if you know or believe its already over? That seems even more ridiculous than fans still thinking the Yankees can still win.
Is 92 mph the max CC has had on the fastball today?
Hey look at all those nice cars around the ball park us taxpayers paid for!!
This game should be scoreless.
Next season the Yankees are going to send the ground crew out into the field holding up the backs of the players baseball cards instead of actual players.
I think we win the wild card with that strategy.
Cash really nailed it with the “we have enough offense” thing, lol.
The Tigers are just not that good. What a waste.
Well, that’s gone.
Poor C.
Game over
that ball was tattooed
Why is Mike Francessa saying Tex is hitting in the post season ? I guess .210 is considered hitting compared to the rest of these clowns but give me a break Tex is just as bad as the rest.
Well that seals it. Not like we didn’t already know they were going to lose.
SMH now thats game
Any questions for the some how some way crew? Team sucks, is done, embarrassed, and deserved.
They sat Alex because he can’t hit righties. Cano can’t hit righties or lefties.
And now looks like CC has already run out of steam.
And that’s the Ethiopian Shim Sham…
Joe: “He didn’t have his command today. He was too strong. But he kept us in the ballgame and gave us a chance to win. He was rusty. But we had a chance. He was tired. Got to tip your hats to the Tigers’ batters. He was just a bit off today.”
It shoudn’t be scoreless anymore.
Listening to this game on ESPN radio right now. They are simply stunned by how bad this Yankee offense is and how blind Yankee management could have been when they put this offense together.
Season over. So… we have to get something back for arod and granderson
Say goodnight, Gracie.
Season is over. How many days until pitchers and catchers report?
GAME OVER!!! 4-0. ERRRRRRR, I MEAN 40-0
Just another in the long line of CC playoff failures.
Eventually drunky was going to beat them. Too bad the Yanks couldn’t get him for nothing like the Tigers did.
We will still come back.
Nice job Ace…..I know CC has been real good until today, but he’s still gotta do better withthe season on the line.
Unacceptable.
Wow. The Yankeea chance to win the WS at this point is probably less than .1%.
With all the large unholy contracts I just don’t know how different this team will look next year. So sad.
G. Love October 18th, 2012 at 5:40 pm
Next season the Yankees are going to send the ground crew out into the field holding up the backs of the players baseball cards instead of actual players.
I think we win the wild card with that strategy.
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We don’t even have the benefit of a purge, because no one who mucked up this team going to pay for this crap.
Holy s***. Turn out the lights, the party’s over.
What a sad ending.
Honestly, with what I knew about this team, winning the division and beating Baltimore in the playoffs, I can’t say it’s been a horrible season. But man do I hate Detroit. So sick of losing to them.
J. Alfred Prufrock October 18th, 2012 at 5:40 pm
The Tigers are just not that good. What a waste.
Well, that’s gone.
Poor C.
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oh and we are good ? we are better than the tigers ?
CC’s given up. Like the rest of the team. Just wants to get back to his Captain Crunch.
AND MAXY SOMETHING OR OTHER IS PITCHING A NO FREAKING HITTER.
Well, it was a good season. Some really classic moments in the Postseason, too. I think I’m going to go do something else. I have a lot of work to do and I fear that the Yankees probably won’t come back from 4-0. Of course, it’s possible, but I don’t think it’s very probable.
please do CC a favor and get him out of this game
? I guess .210 is considered hitting compared to the rest of these clowns but give me a break Tex is just as bad as the rest.
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Tex is batting .250 in the ALCS
A-Rod needs to get in the lineup. We’re going to need all the manpower have.
CC sucks.
That about seals it. Sadly CC didn’t have it today. Can’t really blame him though when the offense is getting no hit. Look forward to next year maybe they can get Pineda back and be a bit more of a rotational force even though this years was pretty darn good.
Goodbye Arod, Goodbye Swish and hopefully Granderson…
JAP,
It’s gonna be a long off season. The only things that can salvage it are Mo, Jeter and Andy coming back healthy for one last try.
game over; season over.
just pathetic
can’t watch any more. I’m hoping that the Cardinals make the Series and win it over the Tigers.
All i can really say at this point in the season is that they will blame A-Rod, but everyone in the world knew that they were idiots for giving him that contract. Who pays a guy >$20m a year to play when he is 42, let alone 38.
They told him that, if he opted out, it was over. Should have been smart and let it be over.
Too bad we’re stuck with CC for a few years too.
I see wher Alex got seats right behind home plate for the two young women he tried to pick up in YS last Saturday
Game will be 4-0 heading into the 9th. Yankees will hit a 3 run HR, then load the bases with no one out. Then the next hitter will K, followed by a GIDP. That is how this season has gone, and I’d expect nothing else.
The Rays and the Angels had better records than the Tigers.
Yay small sample size.
Yay meaningless divisions.
Get C out of there. Bring in Derek Lowe, Girardi’s 2012 version of Luis Ayala.
God take CC out
Nice job, CC. What a stinking loser he is.
Time to turn the game off.
I hear don meredith singing “Turn out the lights”
we’re looking at 1965 all over again…
deal deal deal this winter to restructure this team to avoid the same fate…
mercy rule please!!
Party in Detroit for the next 5 innings
Glad the team left no doubt about the outcome of this game
Somebody wake the Binder up.
Well, can’t blame that on the defense…
Basically our season is over. I don’t care what the optimists say. At this point. No chance. Absolutely terrible performance by the Yankees this postseason.
Good job by CC. I hate to get on him but in an elimination game this is pathetic. He has had nothing since the 1st inning.
Niblick October 18th, 2012 at 5:44 pm
Too bad we’re stuck with CC for a few years too.
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Yes because he’s been so bad this yr smh.
cc gives up
Holy crap – what just happened? 6-0?
I’d cry, but I’m out of tears. I guess they saved us any agita.
CC on long rest.
Yay.
2013 batting order:
Jeet
Ichi
Kobe
Jayz
Billy Crystal
Brian Mcnamee
Marshall Mathers
Webster
Hamburglar
Manager: Rocky Balboa
Yeah well if we’d made a few plays C wouldn’t have had to throw 3 million pitches already. No margin for error w/this offense
Sabathia is a big, fat, out of shape choker.
Well, you either leave him in to get rocked some more or just have other pitchers come in…very glad I don’t live in Michigan anymore.
Detroit tigers have the best hitter and the best pitcher in baseball. 2+2 = 4.
That’s right, a merciful hook. That would be kind.
60-0. Pop the CHAMP AG NEE in Detroit. But hey, Brian Cashman would like you all to know all that he fully believes that this team is championship caliber.
Wow I never thought CC would pitch this poorly. I really really thought the Yankees would win this game. But it appears CC and the rest of the team has given up. I’ve never seen the Yankees play this poorly in my life, it’s kind of heartbreaking
Good to see everyone is in melt down mode.
CC had a bad start? Better cut him. He wasn’t good anyway!
Not like he saved the season already just a few days ago. Sheesh some of you need to get a grip.
Of course I have no knowledge, but I do wonder if the team feels like Alex, a hard working vet, is being jerked around. They cannot look more disinterested.
Joe should leave CC in and make him clean up his mess.
thank you cc. now the offense will hit bec. it is garbage time. Maybe AROD will replace chavez now .
You cant really be mad at CC he probably just gave up after seeing the 0 hits again. How many times can our SP handle that without being frustrated ?
If Girardi really wanted to win this game he would have pulled CC after the Cabrera homerun. But Girardi is a kiss @ss and always puts feelings over winning. No matter what this team is a joke.
Let A-Rod pitch
Okay… Now I cant even stay optimistic. This game is over. CC didn’t have it from the start. He was HUGE for us in the ALDS though.
this is just painful
Maybe this will wak Cawhman up. Or Hal.
CC got us through the Baltimore series. Not like this team was going to score any runs, anyway.
Well….it was another good season…..time well spent.
Our World Series win over Baltimore was fun.
Wake Cashman*
Pitch count was in the 70′s/80′s. CC hasn’t looked good since the first inning.
Oh well, would be a miracle now.
Of course CC gave up. Wouldn’t you give up if you knew damn well that your teammates were sticking you right in the back. Crappy defense, crappier at bats. Some people in the front office need to answer for this one.
CC’s lifetime post-season ERA is now 4.53.
That is no ace. That’s average. Probably worse than average for post-season.
they aren’t even trying to win
Patrick October 18th, 2012 at 5:47 pm
Wow I never thought CC would pitch this poorly. I really really thought the Yankees would win this game. But it appears CC and the rest of the team has given up. I’ve never seen the Yankees play this poorly in my life, it’s kind of heartbreaking
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He’s had worse, I think.
He’s not very good on long rest. We’ve seen this story before.
Look at the bright side, we made it further in the playoffs than last year. We only won 1 more game though…
I would much rather lose 6-0, instead of losing 2-1 like the other night. The offense hasn’t shown up since game 1 against the Orioles. It’s amazing they were even able to beat them. What an joke. While this loser offense continues to get shut out.
Niblick-
Shut up.
Yankees achieved their goal: win the div to advance into playoff
They overachieved by advancing to ALCS.
no need to be surprised, they are what they are. They are not a champ team, not even close.
They might be worse next season.
suck it up, stupid Yankee organization.
Would the game be considered a moral victory if the Yankees
score at least 1 run today?
CC can’t do it every time. Team hits and the pitching doesn’t always have to be ace.
Well they aren’t giving us any false hope today. They did some good things this year. Unfortunately the way that it ended is probably going to overshadow those…
non-ace Ace folks
Like I have been saying for years
Austinmac-
Yankees disinterested or in revolt mode against their GM and Manager.
CC however didn’t look like he had a fastball > 92 and looked gassed early.
I can’t wait to hear what Cashman has to say after this series. He better improve this offense this off season. Now that he isn’t allowed to spend money he better use his brains to make a big trade. He gets paid millions and now it’s time to show that he deserves it.
Keep defending the Fat Man even though he comes up short time and time again
An epic and embarrassing loss. Heads need to roll, from Girardi to Cash. This team is poorly constructed, poorly executed and has given up.
Please don’t blame cc for this mess out of all of them him,Jeter, and the pitchers have gave us 100% what we expected from them. Klong girardi and cashman are the ones to blame. Disappointment is what this is but I hope we turn it around 2013 and make some young talent
robertson and soriano are well rested to pitch but unfortunately there maybe no games left to pitch.
Who cares how CC did today? The offense was never going to get it done against Scherzer. No chance.
Watching the SL v SF game is so much more exciting to watch. That’s what real baseball players do in the PS.
NYY fan in NH October 18th, 2012 at 5:44 pm
Goodbye Arod, Goodbye Swish and hopefully Granderson
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let me add to that..Soriano,Martin,Chavez,Jones,Ibanez ?, Garcia,…Gardner I hope
The way this game is going Nicky the Clown may get to showcase his pitching skills again before he sails into the sunset.
Should have pulled the dh and let chunks hit, might spark a rally
You cant really be mad at CC he probably just gave up after seeing the 0 hits again. How many times can our SP handle that without being frustrated ?
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Wrong. You win and lose as a team. The pitchers pick up the bats; the bats pick up the pitchers. No one “gives up” and says “screw you offense, I don’t care”
He’s had worse, I think.
He’s not very good on long rest. We’ve seen this story before.
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That’s no excuse, long rest? Please, what was it 1 extra day?
Of course CC has had worse starts than this but I never expected him to pitch like this in a big spot. Or after seeing him run off 5 great starts in a row.
Good afternoon,
Just got in time to see Cabrera’s homer
CC would have had to pitch a shutout today for them to have a shot at winning this game
Soriano? WTF did he do wrong this season?
Great move, Yanks, making Alex your scapegoat so the team had to deal with that distraction, instead of focusing on trying to fight its way back into this series.
shutout 10-0 would be wonderful
On the bright side, I can start to forget again what number TBS is on my Fios box.
We would have won if not for the rain out.
We would have won if not for these umps.
We would have won if Swish was at first over tex.
We would have won if Arod was in at third over Chavez.
We would have won if our ” fake ace” would have pitched well.
We would have won if jeter had traveled with the team.
Sound about right? Let me know if I left something out.
Please loria bail us out of five more years of arod
NYY_Girl_Penny October 18th, 2012 at 5:53 pm
Watching the SL v SF game is so much more exciting to watch. That’s what real baseball players do in the PS.
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The winner of that series will win it all.
chavez will probably get his first hit.
Keep defending the Fat Man even though he comes up short time and time again
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ALDS Game 1: 8.1 IP, 2R
ALDS Game 5: 9 IP, 1R
Yep. Really Bad.
The only way we would probably have won today is if CC could have allowed negative 1 runs
We’ll see ARod and Granderson in the game as soon as Sherzer gives up a hit and gets to 110 or so pitches. At 69 thru 4
I can see it now. Jeter is getting ready for Surgery and he just asked the nurse
to turn off the t.v. because he’s feeling sick to his stomach
let me add to that..Soriano,Martin,Chavez,Jones,Ibanez ?, Garcia,…Gardner I hope
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Sori- only if Boras can get him more money and yrs
Martin – probably not
Chavez – probably since he has been thinking about retiring
Jones – yes’
Ibanez – maybe
Garcia – yes
Gardner- no
“Would the game be considered a moral victory if the Yankees
score at least 1 run today?’
You mean one hit?
The Tigers. With the SEVENTH best league. I’m glad we made the wild card more competitive, you’ve really gotta play your way into the post season now.
What is this, affirmative action for Mid West baseball teams?
You know Swisher will hit a meaningless solo HR now and celebrate like he just won the Gong Show.
2013 roster:
CC
Pettitte (probable)
Nova
Phelps
Joba
Robertson
Rivera (maybe)
Tex
Cano
Jeter
Nunez
A Rod (traded)
Cervelli
Gardner
Granderson
They need to seriously consider trading Cano or Granderson. This is not a championship roster.
We would have won if not for the rain out.
We would have won if not for these umps.
We would have won if Swish was at first over tex.
We would have won if Arod was in at third over Chavez.
We would have won if our ” fake ace” would have pitched well.
We would have won if jeter had traveled with the team.
Sound about right? Let me know if I left something out.’
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How about we would have won if we were a better team. How many times did we see a runner at 3rd and less than 2 out this season and not get any runs out of it!? What was our record when we didn’t hit a home run? 3-61?
We would have won if not for the rain out. We would have won if not for these umps. We would have won if Swish was at first over tex. We would have won if Arod was in at third over Chavez. We would have won if our ” fake ace” would have pitched well. We would have won if jeter had traveled with the team.
Sound about right? Let me know if I left something out.
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don’t forget the broadcasters are biased against the yankees whine
GO YANKS!!!!!
Yankee Trader October 18th, 2012 at 5:55 pm
We’ll see ARod and Granderson in the game as soon as Sherzer gives up a hit and gets to 110 or so pitches. At 69 thru 4
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don’t think Arod gets a AB
SEVENTH best *record in the league.
This is stunning. Trully stunning. If this score stands, and no rrason to think otherwise, we would’ve never arrived to the ALCS. This is a stunning collapse that must lead to severe changes. This is embarrassing.
Gimme a break. The pitching had to be nigh perfect and even that did no good in the 3 other games. This series was lost before this afternoon.
Like to see A Pagan here next year
Please loria bail us out of five more years of arod
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I’d pay 100% of his salary just to get him out of town, as long as we got some prospects back.
Bet Joe tries to get A Rod to pinch hit later and he refuses causing more controversy.
The Orioles- Yankees ALDS and AL EAST race was so good because the two teams are mirror images of each other. The series went to five games basically for the exact same reason for both teams. Both would have been beaten by the tigers. The tigers aren’t great, but they have a solid rotation, a prolific hitter, a few mashers, and a lineup that can go oppo and get those rinky dink hits.
Jeff NJ October 18th, 2012 at 5:55 pm
2013 roster:
CC
Pettitte (probable)
Nova
Phelps
Joba
Robertson
Rivera (maybe)
Tex
Cano
Jeter
Nunez
A Rod (traded)
Cervelli
Gardner
Granderson
They need to seriously consider trading Cano or Granderson. This is not a championship roster.
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If it were possible I’d get rid of all Cano, Tex, Grandy, Martin, Swish, Arod. AND arguably the first move I’d make get rid of Joe Girardi
He’s not going to get deep enough into the game but I honestly think Scherzer could throw a no-no.
Tigers have much worse record but their team is built for the playoffs unlike ours, power arms in the rotation and the pen, great hitters in the middle of the order and a player like jackson at the top
We could still be no-hit…
hey look Russell Martin is swinging for a HR.
time to showcase granderson and arod. Arod and granderson probably will hit 2 hr each.
Yeah keep throwing Chavez out there. Arod is the one that comes out of this looking the best. Girardi and Cashman look like fools. This offense could make Igawa look great. So it’s hard to give Scherzer any credit.
Joeman-
ARod won’t get an at bat? Has he already showered and left the stadium?
Yankees_Fan October 18th, 2012 at 5:59 pm
We could still be no-hit…
I honestly hope so. they deserve to be.
Yankees_Fan October 18th, 2012 at 5:59 pm
We could still be no-hit…
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He’s already close to 80 pitches so he won’t finish the game but the Yanks aren’t even close to him right now. This is embarrassing.
pathetic; amazingly pathetic
I like medias begin to attack Yanks tomorrow
No hitter ?
Yeah, I’m stunned too. But here’s the truth: The Yankees will have a better season than all but three other teams in baseball.
Yankee Trader October 18th, 2012 at 6:00 pm
Joeman-
ARod won’t get an at bat? Has he already showered and left the stadium?
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no doubt.
If the Yankees somehow get the tying or winning run to the plate. And Chavez is up with a lh on the mound. And Alex is not pinch hitting. Then they’re willing to lose just to get rid of A-Rod. That’s my feeling.
Scherzer is basically throwing the ball right over the plate and saying here it is hit it. The Yanks look like they are up there swinging blindfolded. They continue to miss a ton of hittable pitches.
The Orioles would’ve won a game and hit better than us.
Umps Fault, Obviously. HAHAHAHAHAHA
How the hell does A-Rod come out of this looking good? 3-23 in the playoffs or something including 0-18 against righties? Totally over matched and appearing washed up. Both him and the Yanks come out looking awful. No one looks good in this.
What concerns me even more about the offense is kuroda and Pettitte. After all of this drama, I don’t even know that Andy will have that urge to come back another season. Kuroda pretty much had a career year, he is due to regress, and he could easily elect to return to japan or even might get a offer from the dodgers. If those two guys don’t come back, then our offense will be the last thing we should be worried about.
CC
Hughes
Phelps?
Nova is a major question mark.
EVEN if Pineda comes back, its hard to believe that he would be his former self for atleast another season, and he would get you maybe 130-150 innings. maybe.
Memo to Hank, Hal, Randy, Cash, etc … — please no statements tonight. Your pathetic team speaks for itself. Go out there and fix it. No one wants to hear you foam at the mouth about how you will fix it. Just fix it.
J. Alfred Prufrock October 18th, 2012 at 5:56 pm
Gimme a break. The pitching had to be nigh perfect and even that did no good in the 3 other games. This series was lost before this afternoon.
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But you can bet that Cashman will say that we needed more pitching…The offense just entered a collective slump, except for Arod who was too busy hitting on girls
“Yeah, I’m stunned too. But here’s the truth: The Yankees will have a better season than all but three other teams in baseball.”
It’s true.
Yankees_Fan October 18th, 2012 at 5:59 pm
“We could still be no-hit…
I honestly hope so. they deserve to be.”
Look on the bight side…it’s not a perfect game. Moral victory!
Add in A-Rod’s clownish behavior involving the girls during the game, he looks ridiculous
Yanks will not get the tying run to the plate.
They don’t have this ability now.
So glad we just had to have Eric Chavez in the lineup. There are 4 guys who have ever played the game that have more home runs in the history of baseball than the guy we have sitting on the bench. 4! For Eric Chavez!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! who is 0-16? But he did center the ball off of Verlander the other night. ha
“bright”
NYY_Girl_Penny October 18th, 2012 at 5:48 pm
You cant really be mad at CC he probably just gave up after seeing the 0 hits again. How many times can our SP handle that without being frustrated ?
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He’s the ace isn’t he??
He’s paid to come up big in games like this, not get slapped around. Plus how much is he making? $140 million? Seems like the least he could do is pitch a good game despite whatever the offense does.
Plus why are you defending CC, he’s one of those evil 1% ers?
Any chance Montgomery will be in the pen next year?
I hope we get no hit…. The yankees need to get embarrassed tonight.
in all my years of rooting for my favorite teams ( Yankees,Celts,Bruins) in a playoff series I don’t think I have ever seem as bad as a series as this
I think I hear a fat lady singing v
No excuses, and it probably wouldn’t have mattered in the long run, but I still find this entire postseason schedule ridiculous. Selig will get what he wants…the two playoff teams with the worst records playing in the WS.
Although Dyroit is clearly a better team than us, despite the records.
I’m not an ARod lover but if I was asked to pinch hit right now, I’d tell Girardi to stuff it. How did the lineup get on without me in it Joe? Yeah, thought so.
Girardi has spent his whole managerial career making lineup changes night after night. You can’t do it in the playoffs. It doesn’t work. You decide on your best lineup and you stick with, through hell or high water.
Tyler-
Was it you who was interested into looking at a trade for catcher Brian McCann? If so he had shoulder surgery two days ago on his shoulder.
ATLANTA — Braves catcher Brian McCann could be ready for the first month of the 2013 season after having surgery Tuesday for an injury to his right shoulder that hampered his hitting this season.
The Braves said the surgery, performed by Braves orthopedic surgeon Dr. Xavier Duralde, arthroscopically repaired a tear in McCann’s labrum. The tear was larger than was shown in a MRI.
McCann is expected to be able to return to light baseball activities in approximately four months. That schedule could have him ready for limited activity at the start of spring training.
The Braves said McCann should be able to return to full baseball activity in approximately six months if his rehabilitation goes as expected. That could have McCann receiving full clearance in April.
The team has until three days after the World Series to pick up their $12 million option for McCann in 2013.
Words can’t express how imploded I want this team to be. I reallly thought this was one of the most boring, lame, putrid groups and seasons in 20 years.
Our pitchers have nothing to be ashamed of this year. Our offense needs to take a look in the mirror. Selfish, garbage pigs.
There will be housecleaning in the offseason, the hitting coach and some big name stars need to go. If Arod, Grandy & Swish can’t help us with the only season that matters to the Yankees…the POSTSEASON, then let the door hit them in the arse and it is bye-bye time. If you can help us GET to the playoffs, but then do nothing after that….YOU ARE NOT YANKEE MATERIAL….PERIOD ! ( rant officially over )
sunny615 October 18th, 2012 at 6:05 pm
I think I hear a fat lady singing v
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Fat lady left building with Arod
@ Joe It’s always bad when you’re going through it. Ppl thought 04 was the worst ever
Good thing we don’t have that bum Jackson anymore!
IF we did get rid of arod, It would open the DH for us and give us a chance to get more of a full time DH like David Ortiz. Not sure what type of deal he is looking for in terms on money or years, but It would be pretty awesome to have him in our lineup. Not that any of those things are going to happen though.
Jackson wouldn’t fit on our roster. He singles sometimes and carries a respectable batting average.
Where have you gone Derek Jeter?
Here comes the Binder to save the day!
Is it time for Lowe yet?
One thing is for sure. There are only 3.5 innings left in nick swishers yankee career. That, to me, is a very significant bright spot.
pitching change? girardi wants more tv time.
Arod got her number.
LOL…now it’s just funny. Like Girardi really thought Nunez was able to go 2 games without making an error. His hands have glue on them.
luis October 18th, 2012 at 6:02 pm
J. Alfred Prufrock October 18th, 2012 at 5:56 pm
Gimme a break. The pitching had to be nigh perfect and even that did no good in the 3 other games. This series was lost before this afternoon.
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But you can bet that Cashman will say that we needed more pitching…The offense just entered a collective slump, except for Arod who was too busy hitting on girls
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Primo, it’s an empty feeling. I feel bad for CC. I feel bad for the players. But we saw this coming. Yet, hope always dies last.
Yankees done…
My personal evaluation to the post-season:
70+: Distinction
50+: Pass
49-: Fail
30-: Outright Fail
Jeter: 75
Ichiro: 55
A-Rod: 10
Cano: 10
Tex: 60
Swis: 10
Grand: 10
Ibanez: 85
Martin: 55
CC: 65
Kuroda: 70
Pettitte: 65
Hughes: 60
Setups: 65
Giradi: 40
Tabbert-
The only way you will be able to trade Alex will be if he goes to Cashman, tells him he wants out and is willing to drop his NTC for a trade to a few select teams of his choice.
Jeff NJ October 18th, 2012 at 6:12 pm
Where have you gone Derek Jeter?
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At least, he’s spared this debacle.
for sure Arod won’t bat in this game now….
Against All Odds October 18th, 2012 at 6:08 pm
@ Joe It’s always bad when you’re going through it. Ppl thought 04 was the worst ever
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You’re probably too young, but for me, ’81 was worse. Losing to Jello Man after being up, 2-0, was unbearable.
Alex will gladly waive his no trade for the right opportunity. And by that I mean, ex # of millions of dollars bonus. The guy has made more money off this sport then anyone. He won’t miss an opportunity for his one last pay day.
Or have him get the last out when we’re down 10 runs
Derek is hanging out in Charlotte waiting for surgery …..Saturday ??? Well time to hit the golf course and settle up on a few lost wagers……
This aint yo dad’s Yanks!
You can rest assured that there are going to be a lot of changes in the off-season. Cashman wasn’t going to say or even hint at that yesterday while they are trying to stay positive and win a game. There are a lot of folks in Tampa already hoping for a Boston like salary dump.
Girardi:
Joe Girardi really is not a good fit for managing the Yankees, however he is Cashman’s boy and as long as Cash is here, he’ll be here. Plus he is a major Kiss-ass to Hal and Randy Levine.
Arod:
If he can be moved he will be moved. That’s all their is to say about that. The relationship is over. I do want to say it’s unfair that they gave him the contract and now act like it’s all Arod’s fault. To an extent yes, but the contract was absurd and shocking and they are at fault for that. I will say that Cashman on personal level has never liked Arod to begin with.
Cano:
Not a single player will be untouchable in the off-season. Yes, this too includes Robinson Cano. If they can trade Cano for some young talent instead of signing him to a long term massive deal, they will be open to it whole heartedly. The days of the “let’s go to NY for the payday” days are over.
Pettitte:
Andy is not going to come back unless this team is completely rebuilt and exciting to play with. More on Andy in a few days..
Recap:
One thing is certain, this will be a very exciting off-season with the goal to find the key to the handcuff’s. What are they willing to do for that flexibility ? From what I have heard thus far, anything !
Jeff NJ October 18th, 2012 at 6:12 pm
Where have you gone Derek Jeter?
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Yankee fans everywhere turn their lonely eyes to you.
Tabbert October 18th, 2012 at 6:04 pm
Any chance Montgomery will be in the pen next year?
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He’ll probably be kept in the minors until he’s 27.l
Don Vito A. Bellamo October 18th, 2012 at 6:07 pm
There will be housecleaning in the offseason, the hitting coach and some big name stars need to go.
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No, the General Manager needs to go. Anything else is hollow.
Thanks Nunez
Nunie!!!
When Raul Ibanez & Eduardo Nunez are your postseason bright spots you done f’d up
YAY NUNIE!!!!!
Now let’s get rid of his shutout.
“You’re probably too young, but for me, ’81 was worse. Losing to Jello Man after being up, 2-0, was unbearable.”
’63 was depressing, but that was against Koufax, Drysdale and co.
Maybe Nunez needs to just be the DH next year, no need to overpay an aging star.
No idea why they didn’t bat Nunez 2nd and Swisher 9.
at least we got a hit!!!
He can’t field but at least he can hit. I hope the Cards/Giants kill the Tigers in the WS.
don’t think a NL team is a good spot for Arod..just because of the no DH
a hit!!!!!!!!
Nuñez is our MVP already.
Nunez is making he most of his opportunity.
Let him field 100,00 grounders in the off season.
They’ll bring up Montgomery, and when he can’t throw strikes because of first-time jitters, they’ll let him rot for 17 days, and then trade him for an injury-prone Fat Elvis equivalent.
I guess Nuney and Ichiro came to play… everyone else might as well have stayed home
Looks like Nunez will be a starter next year for the Yankees if he’s not included in a trade.
Trader-
Yeah I threw out the McCann trade idea. I wonder if that is why he had a bit of a down year… I’m pretty resigned to the fact that Martin is going to be back next year. Not much in the way of catchers on the free agent market but I’m almost to the point where I want to make a change just to make a change if that makes sense.
I’m really hoping that Romine has the job by the end of the next year. I’ve said it a lot but I think the Yanks need to become a little more aggressive with their promotions and moving certain guys up. I’ve watched the Cardinals do it with guys like Rosenthal and Kozma and it’s paying off.
Don’t trade Nunez.
I’m sad, but I loved the triple. Let’s make it respectable, no, let’s win this game!
FACE….By the way, you were right about the effects of playing that Game 5 vs. Baltimore !!!!!
Yes I am too young. 81 must have been devastating
now, officially no no is gone
Good thing Swisher is up…..to swing at crap in the dirt.
And there goes the shutout.
Thanks Swish!
J. Alfred Prufrock October 18th, 2012 at 6:20 pm
They’ll bring up Montgomery, and when he can’t throw strikes because of first-time jitters, they’ll let him rot for 17 days, and then trade him for an injury-prone Fat Elvis equivalent.
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I understand your point (and I agree) but Melancon hasn’t exactly proven himself to be a good big league reliever anywhere yet… especially not in a big market like New York or Boston
There you go, Nicky!
What the? I don’t believe my eyes, the Yankees are on the board
Primo.
Sorry, I am a little frustrated and angry… It was so obvious… FTR, I wouldn’t pin the blame on Arod… Let’s not forget that he carried the team from 03 until 2010, almost single handedly carried the team to the 09 title… He just got old and hurt
Swishers first postseason hit with RISP that results in a run scored. A little late for it, Nick,
Great now Swisher finally learns how to hit. A little bit too late Swish.
Minor miracle.
All of a sudden the Yankees know how to hot vac to back extra base hits? When golf season starts in a couple hours? How convenient.
Scherzer taking his foot off the gas? Or did the Yanks just look at a calendar.
ricardo1020 October 18th, 2012 at 6:19 pm
“You’re probably too young, but for me, ’81 was worse. Losing to Jello Man after being up, 2-0, was unbearable.”
’63 was depressing, but that was against Koufax, Drysdale and co.
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Right. Now we just make everybody look like Koufax and Drysdale.
I was only 3 in ’63.
Hey – we have a run! “All may be well!”
Big hitters up, make this a big inning, get the team back into it. Score 2 more runs.
“I’m sad, but I loved the triple. Let’s make it respectable, no, let’s win this game”
Hear hear!
Minor miracle, indeed
Nick Swisher, the personification of too little, too late.
Swisher has a final Yankee moment of glory
with a 6 run deficit, swisher get a hit. Not surprise.
Totally expected this out of Sabathia – his lifetime playoff numbers are horrible. He is not a guy you build your staff around. Of course he’s so wide it’s impossible to build anything around him. He makes Homer Simpson look svelte.
Oh Robby.
Cano is too painful to watch the guy sucks. hope they trade him.
Swisher finally came through
NYY_Girl_Penny October 18th, 2012 at 6:23 pm
Cano is too painful to watch the guy sucks. hope they trade him.
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To Sea for King
luis October 18th, 2012 at 6:22 pm
Primo.
Sorry, I am a little frustrated and angry… It was so obvious… FTR, I wouldn’t pin the blame on Arod… Let’s not forget that he carried the team from 03 until 2010, almost single handedly carried the team to the 09 title… He just got old and hurt
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No worries, primo. It is frustrating and angering. Because it didn’t have to be this way.
As for ARod, he’s a sacrificial lamb.
Cano won’t be traded but you can keep hoping though.
No one’s trading Robi Cano.
Odds,
SMH.
Our Yankees are making it a game.
Swish is clutch personified. What a player.
Cano hit .359 against RHP this season…. it’s so hard to believe that he’s hitting .300 points lower than that against a Detroit staff that is primarily right-handed.
Our Yankees are making it a game.
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Its 6-1, it ain’t a game yet. They hit a HR right now and its a game.
Pinch hit ARod here?
One would think Alex would hit here.
tucker October 18th, 2012 at 6:28 pm
Pinch hit ARod here?
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It would make sense.
If lefty reliever comes in, it will be arod’s moment if girardi has the guts.
Told you Arod would probably be brought into the game.
A Rod sighting
This is ridiculous. Now they are just hanging him out to dry.
King Felix hates the Yankees why would he agree to come here. And besides the Yankees aren’t trading their best player. Cano will be fine next season.
1960 WS Pirates/Yankees
http://www.baseball-reference......0_WS.shtml
I would wait for Chavez to get up before hitting A-rod.
If I ever wanted to see Alex succeed is now ! Even if they get rid of him, I’d love to see him go up there and be that story-book guy he has the potential to be (with his bat).
Please some Yankee magic Alex.
Where has Randy been through all of this ? It’s hard to believe he wouldn’t have something to say.
this at bat is must see tv
Small bomb ?
Would be hilarious if A-rod hits one here
lol now he puts A-rod in….great job Joe……
Come on guys, let’s all hold hands, shake our heads, mourn the loss, talk about how we all foresaw Cano hitting .083 and Arod hitting .130 in the postseason.
There he is!
Tyler October 18th, 2012 at 6:22 pm
J. Alfred Prufrock October 18th, 2012 at 6:20 pm
They’ll bring up Montgomery, and when he can’t throw strikes because of first-time jitters, they’ll let him rot for 17 days, and then trade him for an injury-prone Fat Elvis equivalent.
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I understand your point (and I agree) but Melancon hasn’t exactly proven himself to be a good big league reliever anywhere yet… especially not in a big market like New York or Boston
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Eh, I still like Melancon’s stuff. His sinker makes him a good semi-long man, too. He wasn’t exactly handled well. Any way, our safest bet is relievers, I guess. I’ve seen Montgomery a few times now, live. He’s really good. He can help this team.
I’m not going to blame Alex no matter what happens. Can’t be easy to have been on the bench and then come to bat.
GO ALEX!
Against All Odds October 18th, 2012 at 6:29 pm
King Felix hates the Yankees why would he agree to come here. And besides the Yankees aren’t trading their best player. Cano will be fine next season.
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AAO:
I wouldn’t be betting on that.
Go Alex!
Hopefully A-Rod’s last AB in a Yankee uniform.
C’mon, did you really expect Arod to do something ? He just got owned by Smiley.. LOL.
Well that’s that I suppose ….
It’s okay he’ll have another chance. He’s definitely going to 3B. Yes?
If he did that in last series’ game 4 they may not be looking down the barrel of a gun right now.
F Bomb !!!
he chased that last pitch.
Wow, that bat speed just is not there right now.
Hey, have any of u guys ever had deja deja deja deja vu?
It’s okay he’ll have another chance. He’s definitely going to 3B. Yes?
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I think they would lose the DH if they did that.
1960 was the most painful. 1963 was painful like this one with no offense. Yes, Koufax, Drysdale and Podres has something to do with it.
JAP-
I totally agree with you. I don’t know if I’d start Montgomry up in the big leagues next year but if he shows the ability to dominate AAA like he has the rest of the minors, I’d call him up quick and keep him up.
He is the DH now.
I’m glad we got to fit in a chance to make A-Rod the goat.
Ah. But do we care?
Just three more innings, Yankee fans. Then it’s time to call Merry Maids for a mega house cleaning.
trisha – true pinstriped blue October 18th, 2012 at 6:32 pm
It’s okay he’ll have another chance. He’s definitely going to 3B. Yes?
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No, he’ll stay at DH… he can’t play 3B or you lose the DH.
Never mind. That’s right, Ibanez was the DH. So it works.
Got a bat on the ball
Nunez should be our right fielder/back up SS.
Alex stays in DH Joba in
I forgot Ibanez was the DH.
Agree that’s a pretty hopeless situation for A-Rod.
Taking a long view, I think it’s a good thing the Yankees have been exposed like this. I think if they had just lost to the O’s in Game 5, a lot would have been chalked up to Baltimore just having the right juju this year, and not the glaring flaws in this Yankees lineup, and the necessary action may not have happened.
I honestly think Joe should have let A-rod play at least game 3 and today….i know he was sucking up but no worse then half the other guys. He’s still A-rod.
I know this is going to sound lame, but let’s keep it at 6.
AAO:
I am not saying that Cano is going to be traded for Felix. At the time, the conversation was more along the lines of Seattle just demonstrating their unwillingness to move Felix by mentioning Cano’s name; knowing the Yanks would not consider trading Cano.
Let me say this clearly. The Yankees will not be putting Cano on the chopping block, but they will for sure let it be known that he isn’t untouchable.
Lost you wouldn’t bet on what exactly? King, Cano being traded, or Cano being fine
Mike – this is why missing the playoffs may have been a blessing. Fortunately, these guys were so awful, cashman can’t sell this to the fans in 2013. So we basically got the same place, just took longer.
Mike — agreed. Now they HAVE to act given this abomination.
Kill Swish all you want but from all the underperformers, he at least has an RBI that stops a probable shutout.
trisha – true pinstriped blue October 18th, 2012 at 6:35 pm
I forgot Ibanez was the DH.
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Unacceptable
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Tyler, yeah, he will probably move pretty fast.
I know this is going to sound lame, but let’s keep it at 6.
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Nah doesn’t sound lame. The Yankees haven’t given up and neither should the fans..
Amazing that our position player with the most to look forward to is Nunez.
Tyler –
Sure I guess they could do that
Mike-
I agree. We’ll just have to wait to see if the management adds players who can beat the shift by going the other way, can actually hit a changeup, and get back to working the pitchers count.
Trader – those players are a lot cheaper than the dingleberries we currently have who can’t do any of that sttuff. So if we get stingy with the $, maybe they fall into our laps.
Gardner, Ichiro and Melky in the outfield. Nunez/Jeter at 3B or short. I guess Cano and Tex. Replace Martin if possible.
I am not saying that Cano is going to be traded for Felix. At the time, the conversation was more along the lines of Seattle just demonstrating their unwillingness to move Felix by mentioning Cano’s name; knowing the Yanks would not consider trading Cano.
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Just what we need – another starter! Lord knows we can spare elite hitters, because they’re so easy to acquire and because our lineup is stacked with them.
Cano should be as untouchable as it gets.
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☠ sigh
I wonder what kind of viewership a WS between Detroit and St. Louis will get, the two worst won-loss records to make the postseason?
This Garcia kid reminds me of Montero. Too bad he was traded for damaged goods.
nice play Gardner
Yankee Trader October 18th, 2012 at 6:44 pm
I wonder what kind of viewership a WS between Detroit and St. Louis will get, the two worst won-loss records to make the postseason?
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It won’t be very good. They’ll have the middle of the country alright but there’s nothing there to attract either cost. The biggest stars in that series are on Detroit and St. Louis is still the better team…
Yeah Swishers done. There needs to be someone with a little more hustle out there
Joba doesn’t have very good instincts
ZMANINSJ October 18th, 2012 at 6:43 pm
Gardner, Ichiro and Melky in the outfield. Nunez/Jeter at 3B or short. I guess Cano and Tex. Replace Martin if possible.
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no Gardner.just .A Pagan
J. Alfred Prufrock October 18th, 2012 at 6:43 pm
I am not saying that Cano is going to be traded for Felix. At the time, the conversation was more along the lines of Seattle just demonstrating their unwillingness to move Felix by mentioning Cano’s name; knowing the Yanks would not consider trading Cano.
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Just what we need – another starter! Lord knows we can spare elite hitters, because they’re so easy to acquire and because our lineup is stacked with them.
Cano should be as untouchable as it gets.
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What makes you think they’d just give him away? I highly doubt they’d give up Cano without having bats with similar production. That’s just silly. The point I am making is if the right deal comes along, he isn’t untouchable. Nobody is saying they are going to trade him for a slice of swiss and a pickle.
Ugh, Detroit/St. Loo WS? I can hope that the Giants rally.
Don’t want St. Loo to win two in a row, can’t stand Detroit.
This team needs an enema (sp?). A full intestinal cleansing. It will be good and cathartic.
Lost October 18th, 2012 at 6:47 pm
J. Alfred Prufrock October 18th, 2012 at 6:43 pm
I am not saying that Cano is going to be traded for Felix. At the time, the conversation was more along the lines of Seattle just demonstrating their unwillingness to move Felix by mentioning Cano’s name; knowing the Yanks would not consider trading Cano.
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Just what we need – another starter! Lord knows we can spare elite hitters, because they’re so easy to acquire and because our lineup is stacked with them.
Cano should be as untouchable as it gets.
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What makes you think they’d just give him away? I highly doubt they’d give up Cano without having bats with similar production. That’s just silly. The point I am making is if the right deal comes along, he isn’t untouchable. Nobody is saying they are going to trade him for a slice of swiss and a pickle.
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LOL @ J. Alfred Pickle !!
What makes you think they’d just give him away? I highly doubt they’d give up Cano without having bats with similar production. That’s just silly. The point I am making is if the right deal comes along, he isn’t untouchable. Nobody is saying they are going to trade him for a slice of swiss and a pickle.
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I said, in an ironic way, I would not trade him for Felix, or didn’t you read what I posted?
As for trading him at all, I have no trust in Brian Cashman’s evaluative skills whatsoever. If I had my way, he would have made his last trade as Yankee GM.
He did try, three times already, to trade Robinson Cano. ’nuff said.
LOL@ Cano = elite hitter. Why because he can hit .300+ ? I’ve never viewed Cano as an elite hitter, his plate discipline needs to change before I’d ever consider that.
Captain Clutch October 18th, 2012 at 6:45 pm
This Garcia kid reminds me of Montero. Too bad he was traded for damaged goods.
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Too bad Montero’s rookie season was a minor success over Pineda’s sophomore campaign…
Remember all those stories questioning how in the world pitchers were going to be able to get Cano out in the playoffs?
To me, he’s been the biggest disappointment of them all as his time is NOW. ARod’s was YESTERDAY.
I’m back – what did I miss since 4:30?
Oh, another disinterested uninteresting flameout of epic and historical proportions? At least in this game our pitching caught up to our O and D
Sorry if this has been said already
I’ll say it: I really like Jason Nix. He has a great plate approach.
COME ON CURTIS!!!!!
Wow. Girardi’s pulling out all the stops.
girardi is emptying the bench just like spring training.
J. Alfred Prufrock October 18th, 2012 at 6:50 pm
What makes you think they’d just give him away? I highly doubt they’d give up Cano without having bats with similar production. That’s just silly. The point I am making is if the right deal comes along, he isn’t untouchable. Nobody is saying they are going to trade him for a slice of swiss and a pickle.
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I said, in an ironic way, I would not trade him for Felix, or didn’t you read what I posted?
As for trading him at all, I have no trust in Brian Cashman’s evaluative skills whatsoever. If I had my way, he would have made his last trade as Yankee GM.
He did try, three times already, to trade Robinson Cano. ’nuff said.
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First, the last time he tried to trade Cano, how many big league plate appearances did he have?
Second, no need to be all crotchety. It’s rather difficult to absorb the tone reading plain text.
Lastly, I agree with NYY_Girl, Can is not an elite hitter. Above average hitter, absolutely. Elite. Meh, I disagree.
BULL
NO WAY
Stewart coming in to catch.
lol
Ump not to blame
Grandy not hitting 92 is culprit
My three-year-old nephew wouldn’t have swung at that pitch. Get some glasses Grandy you pathetic whiffer.
Chris Stewart hits the go ahead run. It’s happening.
More base runners a few runs and a blast.
Nice to see Grandy can continue his production off the bench.
1 last K for old times sake from the grandyman.
Hardy thought it was a lnuckler
cano must be gone.
Our best player is up
next to pinch hit……. kevin long.
Cano had a miserable postseason. Oh, well. Trading him is one of the dumbest ideas I have ever heard, his impending free agency not withstanding.
You do not trade a hit tool/high OPS GG defender 2B who is also a LHB.
The idea that he is replaceable is so laughable, I cannot even find the words…
COME ON NUNIE!
Chris Stewart hits the go-ahead run in his back yard Whiffle ball games.
Gardner is a 4th OFer at best on this team
it’s amazing we can only score 1 run a game our last how many games ?
I actually think this is one of the best Yankee teams ever if we just replaced Granderson, Swisher, Martin, Tex, Cano and Arod.
Seriously, hope they blast this team to shreds for 2013.. either that or the mayan calendar ends the world.
The best 10 players in this whole series are tigers then nunez
Nunez seriously has been on everything
Lead-off walk and we couldn’t even advance him to second base with no outs.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the 2012 New York Yankees.
A team totally incapable of mastering the basics of baseball.
I’m starting to hear the death rattle
Someone get ready to call the coroner
A Jax home run, insult to injury
for good measure, lowe serves a hr.
hahaha derek lowe in a must win game in the 7th inning.
Oh dear Lord
That didn’t just happen
I repeat, that jackson is a bum.
BloggingBombers It should be interesting to hear what Granderson has to say about his postseason after the game.
That’s baseball (with that inane grin on his face).
At this point coke would probably hr too
Sadly….Jon Heyman was right about #betterthan Granderson
Derek Lowe; that about sums it up. The Yankees have been reduced to Derek Lowe and a bunch of bench players. Ugh.
Girardi after the game, ”Our guys fought all year long, but we came up a little short.”
Derek Lowe Everyone What a loser. Just retire already.
Umps Fault.
Heybrain was a few seasons off, but Austin Jackson has turned into a great player.
I guess now we know who gets to the series faster – Jackson or grandy
First, the last time he tried to trade Cano, how many big league plate appearances did he have?
Second, no need to be all crotchety. It’s rather difficult to absorb the tone reading plain text.
Lastly, I agree with NYY_Girl, Can is not an elite hitter. Above average hitter, absolutely. Elite. Meh, I disagree.
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Sorry, my team’s about to get bounced from the playoffs, and you’re recycling old trade rumors. You also jumped the gun and projected something I didn’t say, as if I said it.
As for your and NYY_Girl’s view of Cano’s hitting pedigree, I don’t agree.
Thought Ajax was supposed to hit a single and leave the home runs to Granderson? My how we were all fooled for a while as to who the winner was in that trade.
I hope I already saw the last play as yankee by both cano and arod.
A Jax puts Cashman’s record squarely on the table.
Got to save Robertson for opening day I guess.
Cano isn’t an elite hitter. He is our best hitter, but he doesn’t get on base enough to be considered an elite hitter. He doesn’t hit for a high enough average to be considered an elite hitter.
He is an elite second baseman, but thats a different story.
J. thanks for being the voice of reason in this room of hysteria. Cano should not go anywhere – he just picked a bad week to go stone cold.
It happens, everyone, it sucks that it happened during the ALCS, but it does. This team has been teetering on this kind of average play since the ASB. I’m not surprised. I’m very bummed that its keeps happening this time every year, but not surprised.
We’re Yankees fans and we expect to be here every year, but think about how special it is to get to the ALCS. Win or lose.
Is swish allowed to catch those?
@Buster_ESPN
Detroit in this series: 45 hits and 22 runs. The Yankees 22 hits and 6 runs.
J. Alfred Prufrock October 18th, 2012 at 7:04 pm
First, the last time he tried to trade Cano, how many big league plate appearances did he have?
Second, no need to be all crotchety. It’s rather difficult to absorb the tone reading plain text.
Lastly, I agree with NYY_Girl, Can is not an elite hitter. Above average hitter, absolutely. Elite. Meh, I disagree.
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Sorry, my team’s about to get bounced from the playoffs, and you’re recycling old trade rumors. You also jumped the gun and projected something I didn’t say, as if I said it.
As for your and NYY_Girl’s view of Cano’s hitting pedigree, I don’t agree.
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No biggz, I am equally as frustrated as you are.
I have to give props to Trisha…..the Ultimate Optimist….Bless You!
Wife said, let’s watch Wheel of Fortune. I said, Sure, Beautiful. Peace in the valley.
Cano isn’t an elite hitter. He is our best hitter, but he doesn’t get on base enough to be considered an elite hitter. He doesn’t hit for a high enough average to be considered an elite hitter.
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There are so few true elite hitters in baseball nowadays…
Which is why we shouldn’t have traded Montero! Still has a good chance at reaching elite status one day
JobaTipsHisCap October 18th, 2012 at 7:05 pm
I hope I already saw the last play as yankee by both cano and arod.
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Dream come true. please lord.
That Jackson homer hurt
Tigers have to have more hits in this game than Yanks have had all series, no?
“We’re Yankees fans and we expect to be here every year, but think about how special it is to get to the ALCS. Win or lose.”
cs in la – totally agree with you. Also agree that Robby Cano is someone you build your team around, not someone you trade away.
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
It would have been nice to see them put up a fight instead of getting spanked like this. Having said that, it’s easier to take this way. They don’t belong on the same field as the Tigers.
There are so few true elite hitters in baseball nowadays…
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Yea, so you know actually cano might be elite by a new lowered standard, but he isn’t in the same class as guys like Votto & Miguel Cabrera & even David Ortiz.
Yankees 2 hits in a must win game.
I predict another hit from swisher.
Girardi’s next trick should be to quick take Hughes off the roster and add Freeeddddyyy.
Bring that old piece of trash in for the 8th. I mean you got to trust those veterans.
Umps Fault Anyways.
Alex can’t hit righties. Cano can’t hit righties or lefties.
Jerkface October 18th, 2012 at 7:06 pm
Cano isn’t an elite hitter. He is our best hitter, but he doesn’t get on base enough to be considered an elite hitter. He doesn’t hit for a high enough average to be considered an elite hitter.
He is an elite second baseman, but thats a different story.
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I agree. Cano is a good hitter but far from elite. As far as 2B go, I’m with you there as well.
tomingeorgia October 18th, 2012 at 7:07 pm
Wife said, let’s watch Wheel of Fortune. I said, Sure, Beautiful. Peace in the valley.
Did ARod win a vacation in Miami by any chance, Tom?
Kevin Long is so fired.
@OnionSports
CC Sabathia Eats 7 Runs Giving Yankees 1-0 Lead http://onion.com/R77NIG
I do think ownership will pay big to get rid of Arod too. He is a mistake hitter.
Hard to see our almost future CF hit a homerun and our current one strikeout.
who cares if we lose tonight.. think of all the good things about to happen..
BYE BYE
Swish, Arod, Cano, Martin, Tex, Granderson, Girardi.. THANK GOD !
what year did Arod come clean about the juice
If we do get the tying run to the plate like always, I’d pinch hit homer simpson
A-Rod is not a mistake hitter; he’s a mistake.
Arod up 5th. At least he can’t make that last out again.
@mikeaxisa
Robertson and Soriano threw two innings in the series. The other relievers allowed seven runs in 12.1 IP.
Andy looking sad. I sure hope he considers coming back next season.
2009…
Swish era over
Bah bye Swish….
Wait a minute a second basemen that hits 33 homeruns is not elite lol
Nick Misser
Kmiss Grandorflop
Robinson Cannot
Mark Cougheiria
Alex RodlessIguess
Rusty Moron
Let’s be homer happy down by 4000 .. yey yeye its my birthday.. he nick here are mt 2 fingers to the sky .. guess which ones they are?
God I hope that was Swisher’s last AB as a Yankee. And he goes out laughing like the clown he is. See ya “bro”.
Mr Elite hitter swings at the first pitch ball..
ELITE CANO .. LLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL YEAR RIGHT.
Cano’s hitting talent is elite. He does need to become more selective. That is not something that is not within his reach, and if they had kept Montero, he’d have had more protection and the lineup would have been lengthened. He can get into maddeningly bad habits, but he is basically on his own in that lineup.
Would like to have seen Swish go out with a homer.
Worst post-season player in Yankees history but a good bloke just the same.
Does Andy still want to come back?
Will Kuroda play one more year, and go back to LA?
Will Rivera be back to save the bullpen for one last try?
I hope Lost is right and they do shake things up….trading Cano isn’t the answer though unless its pretty much a full rebuild as they can’t get enough big league ready talent for him to make it worthwhile short term IMO
Jerkface October 18th, 2012 at 7:13 pm
@mikeaxisa
Robertson and Soriano threw two innings in the series. The other relievers allowed seven runs in 12.1 IP
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Glad we saved them.
A-Rod is not a mistake hitter; he’s a mistake.
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Can’t put all of this on Alex. Look at the rest of the line-up.
NYY_Girl,
I’m not interested in dialoguing with you, but go ahead, keep mocking Robinson Cano as a hitter.
At least Jim Leyland is a great manager and all around good guy
I cant believe coke is throwing 97
It is very embarrassing when every single pitcher we face puts us in an 0-2 count before we can blink.
GO GO GADGET CANO ELITE
Boy, I’ve grown to hate the Tigers. They own us like we once owned the Twins.
Glad we saved them.
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Gotta save their arms for Carribean Winter League
Against All Odds October 18th, 2012 at 7:15 pm
Wait a minute a second basemen that hits 33 homeruns is not elite lol
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Well, that idiot whose twitter account people here keep quoting wanted to replace him with Orlando Hudson.
Not knowing how good Cano is means not knowing much, I would say.
Thanks Tricia, I love your optimism. You have a big fan on the west coast.
That is not something that is not within his reach, and if they had kept Montero, he’d have had more protection and the lineup would have been lengthened.
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Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda.
J. Alfred Prufrock October 18th, 2012 at 7:16 pm
NYY_Girl,
I’m not interested in dialoguing with you, but go ahead, keep mocking Robinson Cano as a hitter.
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RObby CANO, the guy sucks.. he is lazy, doesnt hustle.. swings like vladimir guerrero without the roids .. not my fault you have a man crush on him and think he is better than he is. I wish we traded him and hope to hell we do !!!!
cano is batting over 400 on swinging at the first pitch .. he is a lucky hitter and nothing more. he is just as much a part of the problem with this team as anybody and we will be better to get rid of that clown.. shoot give me Melky back any day !
after this season, the yankees probably will be without granderson. The tigers will still have coke and jackson, the dbacks will still have kennedy as their ace. But yankees are still the winner by far.
What an absolute disaster every single direction you turn.
bruceb October 18th, 2012 at 7:17 pm
Boy, I’ve grown to hate the Tigers. They own us like we once owned the Twins.
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I loathe the Tigers too, and listening to that self promoter, Verlander, for half an hour, on a national f’n broadcast, was disgusting. FOX has nothing on TBS.
have fun peeps..see you all around Dec 1st
Put one in Delmons ribs just for spite
AJax, I mourn. I don’t mourn losing Phil Coke. We should have hammered him.
“At least Jim Leyland is a great manager and all around good guy”
Well I got one wish – Washington won’t be there to give away the ASG to the NL.
Still time for one more injury
be safe robertson. an injury here will be damaging
NAH NAH NAH NAH .. NAH NAH NAH NAH .. HEY HEY HEY GOODBYE (CANO/SWISHER/AROD/TEX/MARTIN/GRANDERSON).
Take care YF, Shame, Pat M, JAP Yankee Trader, Tyler and Austinmac. Hope I’ll run into you here in the off season.
Comet
I am gonna run out on the field when Arod gets up.. DONT BELIEVE ME ?
blake goes from his usual moderation to mean! I like it!
I would trade Cano for like Profar and olt or something like that…..no way Id trade him for pitching or for a bunch of A ball guys that may never amount to anything
this team sucks…..
lol
comet,
Take care, buddy. Next season we’ll be a happier group this time of year, I hope
Now we need to go for two
crying really i lol when im upset… just saying
Jesus f**king christ… this is so embarrassing.
We couldn’t even be competitive today. In an elimination game.
it is ok robertson, better give them up now than next yr.
Pettitte will probably wait until January to see the makeup of the 2013 Yankees, before making a decision to come back.
Right back at ya comet!
sad thing is we didnt even put up a fight
No life, no heart, no grit, no mas
Wait a minute a second basemen that hits 33 homeruns is not elite
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He is an elite second baseman, his hitting in the context of being a second baseman is elite, his hitting in the context of just hitting is not elite.
J. Alfred Prufrock says:
October 18, 2012 at 7:22 pm
blake goes from his usual moderation to mean! I like it!
I’m incredibly annoyed by bad players who play like Willie mays against the Yankees in the playoffs
most embarrassing team I’ve ever witnesssed in the postseason.. Disgraceful all around. I can’t even compare this to anything. Last time shut out in the ALCS was in 1976.
“Wait a minute a second basemen that hits 33 homeruns is not elite lol”
How about a CF that hits 43 HR’s (and hits .230 with 200 K’s)? Is that elite?
I don’t think Pettitte will come back after this horrible post season.
wanna bet its 3 up 3 down ?
A Comet sighting-
Thanks for the best wishes. I’ll still be around looking to see how the Yankees handle the offseason.
Hope your offseason goes well. Take care!
trisha – true pinstriped blue October 18th, 2012 at 7:21 pm
“At least Jim Leyland is a great manager and all around good guy”
Well I got one wish – Washington won’t be there to give away the ASG to the NL.
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Leyland doesn’t get to be called an “all around good guy” in my book. He tried to intimidate, and made life miserable, for a female reporter covering the Marlins in ’97.
He actually made smirky, sexist jokes about her with the male beat writers, asking them if they were sleeping with her.
David Rosenbaum, a friend of mine, wrote a book about the Marlins and it’s in there. He also told me stories out of school on how difficult Leyland made doing her job.
To me, that means he’s not a “good guy.”
I think in 2012 Cano is close to an elite hitter….. Hitters overall in 2012 suck though……he’s not a guy that fits well being “the man” in a lineup because he just gets himself out too much….:
We’ll get em tomorrow!
Oh, wait…never mind.
Gorgeous blonde in that buick commercial..
In ’76 they won the ALCS and lost the Series in 4 to the Reds
Jerkface October 18th, 2012 at 7:24 pm
Wait a minute a second basemen that hits 33 homeruns is not elite
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He is an elite second baseman, his hitting in the context of being a second baseman is elite, his hitting in the context of just hitting is not elite.
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exactly fonzi !!!
Fitting end to this season that the Lohud chat is featuring a bizarre father-son act right now.
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
Well score a ton less runs next year but if they’re timed better and more spread out we can still win
JorgesArm October 18th, 2012 at 7:26 pm
I don’t think Pettitte will come back after this horrible post season.
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This is what kills me. If I’m Pettitte and Kuroda, I want to see some live, prime bats in the lineup. They’re not only turning away fans with colossally dumb trades like the Montero deal, they’re turning away Yankee players.
Bunt Tex!
I really think Kevin Long is the culprit here. Hasnt installed good habits with these guys.
Cano #5 wRC+, #5 wOBA (AL). Elite hitter. Unless your definition of elite is only top 3 or something.
It’s alright, we’ll get them tomorrow and take this back to NY !
@TGfireandice
It would have been fun tomorrow if George Steinbrenner was still alive. Actually, we probably would have heard from him a few times already.
Maybe someone will let Hank out of his cage so he can at least make my morning interesting….
I’ll settle for a couple of average seasons if the Yanks just try to get younger and more energetic. Enough of New York becoming the retirement home for aging superstars.
J Al – I hope you know that wasn’t my comment about Leyland being a great manager. Mine was about Washington not managing the ASG.
Hit one out Alex
Just gotta tip your hat to the great “Cy” Coke.
Phil Coke has shut us down this series….
I can’t help but wonder if the majority of this team is suffering from no more PED use. it makes sense if you look how much they each have declined since MLB got more strict and started testing for HGH (which there was no test for until 2 years ago).
Well F this season. Hoping for a completely new look to this team in 2013.
Girardi has lost the team, time for some new blood.
Break the seals on Hanks cage and let him roar!
Tex is pathetic…
NYY_Girl_Penny October 18th, 2012 at 7:11 pm
who cares if we lose tonight.. think of all the good things about to happen..
BYE BYE
Swish, Arod, Cano, Martin, Tex, Granderson, Girardi.. THANK GOD !
******
Let’s not get carried away here.
Last word —
Do you really think it matters if you go to WS or not when you go home to a 30 million dollar house and take private jets all over the world screwin movie stars ?
Seriously ?
blake October 18th, 2012 at 7:31 pm
Hit one out Alex
You mean out of the infield?
$100 says Girardi is the manager next year.
Arod with the best AB all night. Amazing.
To make this embarrassment worth it, we have to sport a different lineup next season. Don’t care how you do it, but more than half this lineup should be gone.
After Cashman’s comments about the lineup, I think he should be gone too.
not even a damn fight today.. pretty sad team here
You too, comet!
But I’ll be around, and remember that there’s nowhere to go but up. I’m very sad, but I’m excited to see us reload, even if it takes a couple of years.
This ain’t on Girardi….I’m sorry…. The Yanks overachieved even making it this far…..they just can’t hit and they lost their captain mid series and totally folded…..not sure what any manager could have done about a case of dead bats like this
OHHHH WHY DID WE BENCH AROD..
He sure makes this lineup SO OOO MUCH BETTER !!!
DON”T LET THE DOOR HITCHA ALEX! Perhaps I’ll cya in Miami on Monday
blake October 18th, 2012 at 7:32 pm
Break the seals on Hanks cage and let him roar!
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Exactly!! I mean, at least if they let him yammer I can have an entertaining distraction instead of the crappy Cashman version.
Anyone want to buy 2 great seats for game 6 sat night? Send cash asap!
ricardo1020 October 18th, 2012 at 7:26 pm
“Wait a minute a second basemen that hits 33 homeruns is not elite lol”
How about a CF that hits 43 HR’s (and hits .230 with 200 K’s)? Is that elite?
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Cano is a whole different level of hitter than Curtis Granderson, though.
If Cano wanted to turn himself into a strict pull hitter he could hit 43 HRs playing his home games in Yankee Stadium, but the tradeoff would not result in hitting .230, or striking out so much.
2012 NY Yankee Season — RIP
blake October 18th, 2012 at 7:34 pm
This ain’t on Girardi….I’m sorry…. The Yanks overachieved even making it this far…..they just can’t hit and they lost their captain mid series and totally folded…..not sure what any manager could have done about a case of dead bats like this
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True, but Girardi is just as much of the problem
SWEPTTTTTT T BRING OUT THE BROOM !!!!!!!!
blake October 18th, 2012 at 7:34 pm
This ain’t on Girardi….I’m sorry…. The Yanks overachieved even making it this far…..they just can’t hit and they lost their captain mid series and totally folded…..not sure what any manager could have done about a case of dead bats like this
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Still too proud to bunt though lol.
If I’m Girardi I make them sit and watch this celebration. No one goes to the tunnel until it sinks in.
thank the lord… this misery is over
Was Coke in the A Jax trade too? Yeah he never could have made it in the Bronx
thank god.. cancel the postgame.
Damn.
This series was over the minute Jeter got carried off, I think we all knew that.
That sucks Jeff NJ.
Sorry to hear it.
Hal and Hank have some work to do to win back some of us.
They can watch it, but I won’t. Ugh.
After the umps gave the tigers two games, Detroit played really well. I’m not watching baseball again, unless instant replay is installed. My time an money is better spent on things with fairness and integrity.
I just don’t even know what to say. I know that I am going to hear a lot of “Just gotta tip your hat..”
Ask Tex if it’s desperation time yet.
I don’t think I want to treat myself to the celebration on the field or the Yankee postgame.
Yankees suck
after the trade deadline, the yankees season was over. When was the only question?
Umpires suck
Fun week. Let’s do this again sometime.
Good job Tigers. Now the NLCS team gets to win the World Series.
trisha – true pinstriped blue October 18th, 2012 at 7:31 pm
J Al – I hope you know that wasn’t my comment about Leyland being a great manager. Mine was about Washington not managing the ASG.
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trisha, Leyland carries himself very well and comes off as sincere and salt of the earth. I don’t think that’s an act, but there is a certain kind of old school male that thinks nothing of dehumanizing women. They indulge their misogyny and consider it just being “one of the boys.”
That’s fairly awful in and of itself, and I pity the daughters and wives of these men, but this guy really tried to make a female reporter so uncomfortable, it was hard to go to work every day.
Also, no one would know about it, had they not read the book. I don’t blame people for liking Leyland, but I feel obligated to remark on it when I hear what a “great guy” he is.
Great games. Did any call go the Yanks way?
“After the umps gave the tigers two games, Detroit played really well. I’m not watching baseball again, unless instant replay is installed. My time an money is better spent on things with fairness and integrity.”
Good for you. Some of us here feel the same way about the fairness and integrity of the game. And yes the Tigers played well but there was still the taint of those first two games and the blown calls.
Look into umpire riches from betting and bad call making. You will be shocked
Trisha, much easier to play well with two cheap games in the bank
I think the umps ruined what would have been a good series, even with that impotent Yankees offense.
“I think the umps ruined what would have been a good series, even with that impotent Yankees offense.”
See I feel exactly the same way.
Thankfully you two pathetic losers didn’t carry this bullsh*t over to the next thread.
I didn’t think God could create such a pitiful person. Guess I was wrong. Only thing that makes me happy is you actually have to live with yourself which would be horrible. And that makes me really happy.
So HOORAY for ME!!